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Got the 100mm Macro! No modern jokes now!

PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,454 ✭✭✭
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I have no formal lighting set up or way to hold the coin. I simply stood it up and shined a light on it. Period. I'll be taking digital photography lessons this summer at the ANA so I'm sure my skills and equipment will improve. In fact, I'm sure it will improve before then, but I thought it would be fun to show this off.

These are my very first (in-focus) images taken with this lens (Tokina 100mm). Holy cow! This is a night and day difference from those 3MP pictures I can take with my wife's point and shoot. The lighting wasn't perfect, especially the reverse, but with a 10MP DSLR and this lens, I can tell the quality can be hugely impressive once I really start to get a handle on things.

I have a remote control shutter which I should be using once I have it setup on a tripod or copy stand. I'm sure I'll have to get an extra light or two. The coin is in an ICG slab (a Keifer wedding commemorative!).

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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    It's addicting and you will never sleep again. image
  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭
    Nice shot.


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  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    It's almost like a new hobby!

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  • 21Walker21Walker Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭
    Great pix, I'll leave it to others to comment on the Chucky Cheese Token.............Rick
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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    A macro lens, although terribly important for good coin photos, also has a good use for Bugs!
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,804 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's addicting and you will never sleep again. >>




    Very nice. image Don't forget to put on a hair net. It'll make getting to your hair a little tougher when the urge to start pulling it out hits.

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  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    MS63 or 64 image


    awesome pic for just starting with the lens.

    i need to upgrade as i`m using a 5MP point and shoot.

    the teather(sp?) is the way to go, my next one will have that!
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NICE!! Keep them coming....
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  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭
    Nice shot, but without a copy stand that'll be about as good as you can do.

    I just recently bought myself the shutter release remote and it's worth it's weight in gold (well before gold shot up! image). Have fun with the new lens!
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  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭


    << <i>Great pix, I'll leave it to others to comment on the Chucky Cheese Token.............Rick >>




    I think you just did image


    Very nice pictures! It is addicting almost as much as collecting them in the first place! image
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Nice pics.
    coinimaging.com/my photography articles Check out the new macro lens testing section
  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,454 ✭✭✭
    Becoka...I'm already trying to figure out how late I can stay up without falling asleep at work tomorrow! Seriously though, I dug out a handful of coins I happen to keep at the house to really test drive this new puppy. Stay tuned.
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,475 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What did it grade? MS66? image


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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very good photograph.... Cheers, RickO
  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,454 ✭✭✭
    Here's a sample of a 1:1 closeup on a target-toned 1862 Indian Cent.

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Cool! I hope you don't mind if I also post a Macro shot or two in Your Macro Lens Thread...

    This is the date of a modern roosevelt dime. A particularly soft, craptacular strike it looks like to me. What surprised me is that the fine scratches on the dime at this resolution ended up being quite colorful!

    image

    The next one is a 'guess what' sort of shot. Should be pretty obvious to the educated folks on this forum. Under lighting like this, gold is just so many dots.

    image

    Get a tripod or stand as your next step into the Macro world. Then you can adjust the lighting as you watch through the viewfinder and really fine tune things.
  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭


    << <i>Chucky Cheese Token >>



    image

    That is so fitting!

    Keep working on the photography. You've got some really good equipment to work with. It is very enjoyable!
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804 ✭
    image

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    image
    Becky

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