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Don these are my Cannon Powershot 20 settings for silver

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Incandescent on my Cannon Powershot 20 was still coppertone (I'm using a halogen lamp indoors) so I used the Tungsten lighting setting which was perfect. Exposure compensation turned off and a closeup lens. I have the camera on a tiny tripod with the coins elevated about 5 inches from the lens. I bounced the light off the coins directly into the camera like someone suggestion on this forum.
Oddly when I moved the halogen beam off to the side, the camera would no longer focus, it seemed to want to focus on the bright spot which left the coin blury.
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They Look nice Charles, Nice and clear and very detailed.
Was it a tungsten setting in your camera you changes??
I have a Olympus C 700 Ulta Zoom I got for Christmas and use one of the close up lens and then use the zoom and they are not too bad, but need to work on the lighting.
Rick
 
After trying numerous settings on my Nikon 775, I believe the following settings were best for silver coins photographed under incandesent lights.
The camera was in AUTO Operating mode, MACRO setting, No Flash, but the most important setting was the White Balance. I set that for PRESET. The incandesent setting was second best for results.
I used a mini-tripod, goosed neck lamps with two mini flood lights shining directly on coin. The lens was only 2 inches from the coin. DARK BLUE background was the next most important point. Other colors did not make the coin look as close to silver as dark blue did.
<IMG ALIGN=CENTER VSPACE=10 HSPACE=10 SRC="http://members.home.net/slospokes2/1876Presetobv.jpg"></IMG> <p> <IMG ALIGN=CENTER VSPACE=10 HSPACE=10 SRC="http://members.home.net/slospokes2/1876RevPreset.jpg"></IMG> <p> I believe getting the lights to reflect properly to the camera lens is hard to do and I am going to purchase a Halogen lamp similiar to what Charles is using and see if that improves the lighting, which is defintely needed.NOTE:None of these photos was enhanced on my software, just resized.<p> Don in South Jersey
 
I didn't have to balance mine in the software either which is really the point of getting it right the first time. I think they look pretty good Don, that holgen will make ALL the difference in photographing those worn large cents and old coppers too. Practice the sidelighting technique for those, it really brings out the details.
 
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