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My 1st images ever taken with a Digital SLR... Red Copper Enclosed!

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I also found a great new usage for my OTT lights...

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They allow me to clamp my halogens on their enclosure! image


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  • LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭
    Working on a new set up?
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Working on a new set up? >>



    Yes... I'll post my first shots in a few minutes. image
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  • LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭
    So far so good image
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In the photo the coin looks off center to me. Keep working on itimage

    Nice coin dude! MJ
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  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    Me thinks you have to work on centeringimage

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,071 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In the photo the coin looks off center to me. Keep working on itimage

    Nice coin dude! MJ >>



    Looks off center to me also, practice, you'll getit right after awhile...
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You guys are funny... the token is a misaligned strike image
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  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭
    Nice first picture (actually second since you took a picture of the light with the DSLR, right?) Do you mind taking a photo of the full setup that you use? I'm just now getting into coin photography and am always looking for ideas on what other use.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice first picture (actually second since you took a picture of the light with the DSLR, right?) Do you mind taking a photo of the full setup that you use? I'm just now getting into coin photography and am always looking for ideas on what other use. >>



    I was considering a new Nikon D5000, however it will not meter older manual focus Nikon lenses.

    Since I still own a lot (See Below) Nikon manual focus gear from the 35mm film era metering was somewhat important.

    So I purchased a Nikon D200 Body over the weekend, which I just familiarized myself with today.

    My image below was taken with a Nikon 55mm f2.8 AIS Micro manual focus lens, a tripod, and a pair of PAR20 Halogen 50w floods.

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    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've resisted purchasing the DSLR, though I believe it's the way to go.
    Whatcha think Broadstruck ?
  • I just bought the D5000...now I just need to drop another $750 for the macro lens image
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've resisted purchasing the DSLR, though I believe it's the way to go.
    Whatcha think Broadstruck ? >>



    I've been in the same boat for years as I felt it was a grand investment for something that becomes obsolete rapidly with continual evolving technology. So I've just played with point-n-shoots, until recently when I felt I'm limiting myself. I've only been playing with this Digital SLR for a few hours and feel like I was tossed behind an F-15. So it will take a few weeks until I figure things out. image

    Here's another raw shot.

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    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!


  • << <i>I just bought the D5000...now I just need to drop another $750 for the macro lens image >>

    get a SIGMA lens. Half the price and same quality pictures. Plus their warranty service is awesome. My friend broke his lens and they sent him a new one and he got it the very same day!!!
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804
    It takes a little time to master even though I haven't seemed to after a decade or so. I have gotten better at macros.

    This is the III from a 1988 $5 gold eagle.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was playing with another macro lens and some gold when the battery just died image

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  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804
    Wow! You have excellent non-error coins too? You da man!

    Why is that coin an AU58?
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow! You have excellent non-error coins too? You da man!

    Why is that coin an AU58? >>



    Thanks... Just a few! image

    It has a touch of rub you can see with a 10x loupe.
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    << <i>I just bought the D5000...now I just need to drop another $750 for the macro lens image >>

    get a SIGMA lens. Half the price and same quality pictures. Plus their warranty service is awesome. My friend broke his lens and they sent him a new one and he got it the very same day!!! >>




    I am getting the sigma 150mm and it's $730 BIN on Ebay...I can't get the cheaper model as it has to have HMS becuase the D5000 don't have the built in autofocus drive so the lens has to be AF-S or HMS image
  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,343 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have seen those coins in person and your pics are really true to life.... as a buyer looking to receive the coin I am seeing in a photo , I would be a happy camper. Sure beats those photos with vivid and non-existant colors.
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  • photogphotog Posts: 242 ✭✭
    That Sigma 150 is a great lens - it's what I use for coins, too. image

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