the Cannon Powershot Pro... and a few coins...

[Lucille-migration]

I like shooting my images during the day, though I have done many night shots...

 

I prefer a natural bright sunlit room. I also use two sylvania flood lamps with a daylight spectrum....

 

I use Macro Mode on my camera and a tripod and i use full zoom to get up and person with the coins, as I like to try and capture the grain detail/metal flow.

 

I do prefer some dark areas in m images so that the luster has a sharp contrast where the light is hitting it, as this is how my eyes naturally see a coin... many don't like this and will tell me to add another light, however I do this by design..

 

I do move my lights around alot, it depends on the coin being imaged....

 

lookie this new cent..

 

 

lookie at Jeffy...

 

 

I will shoot many images of a coin, and select the images that are truely

faithful to what the coin truely looks like... It is fun...

 

[cpm9ball]

Lucille, I have been really impressed with the shots you have taken, so I bought the same Canon. I remember the close-up shot you showed us of the War Memorial (?). What settings did you use to take this picture? I have a Morgan $ with a doubled die clash and I need to take an extreme close-up of the clash. Do you have any suggestions?

 

I think you should contact Bob (supertooth) about doing a "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" thread on coin photography. It would undoubtedly be very interesting and informative.

 

Thanks!

 

Chris

[Lucille-migration]

Lucille, I have been really impressed with the shots you have taken, so I bought the same Canon. I remember the close-up shot you showed us of the War Memorial (?). What settings did you use to take this picture? I have a Morgan $ with a doubled die clash and I need to take an extreme close-up of the clash. Do you have any suggestions?

 

I think you should contact Bob (supertooth) about doing a "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" thread on coin photography. It would undoubtedly be very interesting and informative.

 

Thanks!

 

Chris

 

You want a close-up with stunning detail? How about IKE's home?

 

[Stanley]

Lucille,

What model number is your Cannon? I could use some tutor lessons as well.

[EZ_E]

Lucille, I have been really impressed with the shots you have taken, so I bought the same Canon.

 

Ditto for me. I've had success in getting some quality photos but I continue to be amazed at the lighting, clarity and detail you get on your images, Lucille.

 

Outstanding!

[Lucille-migration]

Honey, I don't know much about cameras or photography...

 

my camera is the powershot pro1, 8 mega pixel....

 

the dial selector on my camera is set to P, in this mode I then select super macro mode...

 

then i zoom in on a coin and shoot....

 

sometimes using a tripod, many times holding the camera myself...

 

I save the images as the largest file possible, then i crop them in photoshop....

 

my best photos come in a natural sunlit room, but I can still shoot some good ones at night under the sylvania daylight flood lamps....

 

If I can do this, anybody can.....

 

The powershot pro is a awesome camera... it has many features that i am clueless about, but it can really take a quick simple point sand shoot image....

[leeg]

Very nice Lucy!!

[Hoot]

Your photos are second to none, Lucy.

 

Hoot

[MikeKing]

Wow

[Bruceswar]

nice photos as always...