New lense arrived, and a couple recent Barbers I haven't shown

pursuitofliberty · February 17, 2011 1:26PM

So I've been looking for a specific lense for the Olympus D420 I have, and low and behold, one popped up at an excellent price Sunday night on fleabay. So I bought it.

It arrived tonight, and I just had some fun testing it out. Soooo much nicer lense!!

Since these were home, I figured I'd give them a quick shot and post them up. I probably need a focusing rail, and a little more tweak on the lights, but this lense is soo much faster and clearer ... glad I splurged for it. It's the Olympus 50mm (100mm equiv) F2.0 Macro

Anyway, for the crusty fans ...

And not so crusty, because I want Ricko to look too!

Comments and critiques always welcome ... guess the grades if you want

TexasNationals · February 17, 2011 1:36PM

STOP STEALING MY BARBER DIMES!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously I love that Barber dime!!

Are you happy with the quality of the glass?

TomB · February 17, 2011 1:37PM

I love that Barber dime. I've also been practicing my shooting and have some cool results, but I don't use any type of copystand and am very low tech.

pursuitofliberty · February 17, 2011 1:43PM

TN ... Thanks! I really dig her too ... maybe once I get this light/color thing down I'll go poach the boxes and send you some pictures of my little babies

and yes ... it's an excellent lense, very, very clear

Thanks Tom ... low tech for the most part too ... no copy stand, no fancy lights. But I think I'm happy with the combination of lense and camera now

Swampboy · February 17, 2011 1:45PM

Nice results.

I would prefer to see a solid background though.
I just think it makes the coins stand out crisper.

MFH · February 17, 2011 2:08PM

I know I am past my bed time if I can't find a Barber Thread.

Great images, Todd !!

Thanks for sharing !!

pursuitofliberty · February 17, 2011 2:10PM

Swampboy ... noted and I do tend to agree. I have a new border situation with solid surronding of the coin I was working on, but I was more involved with just shooting and cropping tonight.

here's one more ... not Barber stuff, but just a shot inside of a small cermaic bowl with a few pieces of silver tucked inside

relicsncoins · February 17, 2011 2:42PM

Nice photos. The sad thing is; My employer is Nikon (on the semiconductor side of their business) and even with my pretty nice employee discount, I use a coolpix 5700.

jsf · February 17, 2011 3:30PM

pretty dang nice!

I'm just getting into this stuff, bit-by-bit.

How much space do you have between your lens and your coin when you're using that 50mm lens? You know, it's basically a lighting question!

I've been using an Olympus 3.2MP. Just recently picked up a Nikon D90. I haven't used a real SLR in ages. I'm still freakin' out with all this new ...stuff.

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lordmarcovan · February 17, 2011 6:36PM

Nice coins. Love the quarter. Love O-mint Barbers in general.

I collect the halves, though. Where are their big sisters?

New lense arrived, and a couple recent Barbers I haven't shown

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