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new camera doesn't do too bad for being...FREE!!!:clapping:
- Thread starter weston
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i mean i've seen better but not for free! sorry on the indian head my hand was alittle shakey.Mark in S.E. IA
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Not too bad for a free camera. I know with my camera it's best if I don't get to close to the coin, even in macro setting. Then I go in to photoshop, I zoom it a little and then crop it or just crop it. Your lighting looks good because your white sheet of paper did not come out yellow. Keep playing around with it and I think that you well get some nice sharp pic's.
Something I do to remedy the "shakes" is to rest my hand on a can of soup, or something. Lay the coin down, put the can beside it (so as to not cast a shadow) and click away! I agree that natural light makes for sharper images than using a flash. Nice thing about digital cameras is that you can take lots of pictures and delete those that still have the jitters! HH Randy
Natural light does seem to work best. Flash can alter colors or can glare off shiney parts of the coin and cause uneven lighting of the coin surface. Side lighting with a small flashlight can sometimes help but can also alter colors.
If you want really crisp pictures, buy a compact tripod (about $20 or less) that allows the camera to be tilted straight down so the lens can be completely perpendicular to the surface of the coin, providing an equal focal distance across the entire surface of the coin instead of one edge of the photo being more sharply focused than the other edge. Of course, no matter whether you use a tripod or another type of rest like a can of soup, you have to pay attention so you're not throwing a shadow on the coin or just a portion of the coin. Better the entire coin is in the shadow (as long as it has enough light to show good detail) than partial shadow (the uneven lighting thing again).
Very few people can handhold a camera rocksteady enough to get sharp photos that show detail on small objects like coins, so I really recommend some sort of mechanical camera support.
You'll get the hang of it!
If you want really crisp pictures, buy a compact tripod (about $20 or less) that allows the camera to be tilted straight down so the lens can be completely perpendicular to the surface of the coin, providing an equal focal distance across the entire surface of the coin instead of one edge of the photo being more sharply focused than the other edge. Of course, no matter whether you use a tripod or another type of rest like a can of soup, you have to pay attention so you're not throwing a shadow on the coin or just a portion of the coin. Better the entire coin is in the shadow (as long as it has enough light to show good detail) than partial shadow (the uneven lighting thing again).
Very few people can handhold a camera rocksteady enough to get sharp photos that show detail on small objects like coins, so I really recommend some sort of mechanical camera support.
You'll get the hang of it!