Man you could buy some seriously nice coins for the cost of that setup. That's not a knock on your hobby. You must really have a passion for it. I respect that.
Great video! Several years ago I made an axial lighting rig with black foam core and a 5x7" sheet of 1/4" glass to photograph an ancient greek coin for a client, the coin design was so pronounced that I had to focus stack multiple images to get all of the design nice and sharp. The glass I used was from a photo frame and I was surprised how well my homemade rig worked. I'll be shooting a lot more greek coins soon and I'd like to know more about the mirror you use.
You really know what you are doing. Great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Would like to know how much you charge for a photo of a coin. How many megapixels do you use?
You don’t need expensive stuff! You need to break down the lightning concept! Can be done with a simple glas piece that is hold on a 45 degree using a carton box, a simple light and using a cell phone…. Sure a sturdy Foba studio stand, Sinar camera, Elinchrom lightning and a good semi transparent first face mirror improve the whole image but isn’t mandatory!
Thank you for sharing. Is the mirror (time= 152s) a teleprompter-mirror, a glass smart mirror, a glass first surface mirror, and what is its thickness?
Great video thank you ! I would like to create this kind of setup for coin photography, with a half-silvered mirror. Would you have an advice to give me for the choice of that mirror ? Is the glass very reflective on the bottom side? Isn't it too dark when looking at the up side ? Hope you could help me 🙏 Regards from France !
Hi, I'm using a semi-silvered mirror specifically made for photography so optically it's as good as it gets. There is a loss of light through the mirror but it really isn't a problem at all... Good luck!
@@kevinwhitcomb4495 thank you for your answer. For now, after a lot of research, I have only found semi-silvered films to stick on a standard glass. The problem is that is quite difficult to stick it pefectly... I will keep searching for the glass you told me about. (If you have any firm to advice me, I'll take it 🙂) Thank you again for this great video.
Ouch! I see $10k-$30k investment in this set up... if not more. Great presentation and definitely better suited for the pros. I just want a record my collection. But it was interesting and thank you for posting.
I would love to see you shoot certified coins that are in the plastic holders!
This video was very helpful
I use a different lighting solution for shooting coins in blocks. I use Elinchrom fiber optic attachment and a little light tent I fabricated.
me too please
This gives me a great idea of how to setup my rig. Thank you.
Man you could buy some seriously nice coins for the cost of that setup. That's not a knock on your hobby. You must really have a passion for it. I respect that.
Great video! Several years ago I made an axial lighting rig with black foam core and a 5x7" sheet of 1/4" glass to photograph an ancient greek coin for a client, the coin design was so pronounced that I had to focus stack multiple images to get all of the design nice and sharp. The glass I used was from a photo frame and I was surprised how well my homemade rig worked. I'll be shooting a lot more greek coins soon and I'd like to know more about the mirror you use.
Great video thanks for sharing. really useful
Very informative. Thank you.
Very interesting video, thank you
great, thank you, i will try it in a few minutes!
You really know what you are doing. Great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Would like to know how much you charge for a photo of a coin. How many megapixels do you use?
very helpful for beginners and people with no expensive lab stuff ... feels good when putting people down?
You don’t need expensive stuff! You need to break down the lightning concept!
Can be done with a simple glas piece that is hold on a 45 degree using a carton box, a simple light and using a cell phone….
Sure a sturdy Foba studio stand, Sinar camera, Elinchrom lightning and a good semi transparent first face mirror improve the whole image but isn’t mandatory!
Thank you for sharing. Is the mirror (time= 152s) a teleprompter-mirror, a glass smart mirror, a glass first surface mirror, and what is its thickness?
Hi, It is a mirror specifically made for photography
Great video thank you !
I would like to create this kind of setup for coin photography, with a half-silvered mirror. Would you have an advice to give me for the choice of that mirror ? Is the glass very reflective on the bottom side? Isn't it too dark when looking at the up side ?
Hope you could help me 🙏
Regards from France !
Hi, I'm using a semi-silvered mirror specifically made for photography so optically it's as good as it gets. There is a loss of light through the mirror but it really isn't a problem at all... Good luck!
@@kevinwhitcomb4495 thank you for your answer.
For now, after a lot of research, I have only found semi-silvered films to stick on a standard glass. The problem is that is quite difficult to stick it pefectly...
I will keep searching for the glass you told me about. (If you have any firm to advice me, I'll take it 🙂)
Thank you again for this great video.
Use a first face mirror to avoid ghosting effects! And yes it should also semi transparent otherwise the lightning trick doesn’t work…
Ouch! I see $10k-$30k investment in this set up... if not more. Great presentation and definitely better suited for the pros. I just want a record my collection. But it was interesting and thank you for posting.