Coin Photography - Lighting?

[TheGoldSovereign]

13 hours ago, dancavendish said:

You need one of ring lights for macro pictures.

https://www.fastforwardtime.co.uk/aputure-hc100-on-camera-led-ring-video-light

This is original by canon for about £400.00, but you can by something like this

https://www.fastforwardtime.co.uk/aputure-hc100-on-camera-led-ring-video-light

Probably is not as good as canon but cost only £35.00

Just remember to choose with light option not just flush.

On light is much easier to set up camera.

 

Well I've found already that light at this angle isn't good for coins, it may well be for most subjects in macro but with coins it makes them look awful!

Check the first set of pictures in this post and you'll see how they look from high angle light

[augur]

14 hours ago, dancavendish said:

You need one of ring lights for macro pictures.

https://www.fastforwardtime.co.uk/aputure-hc100-on-camera-led-ring-video-light

This is original by canon for about £400.00, but you can by something like this

https://www.fastforwardtime.co.uk/aputure-hc100-on-camera-led-ring-video-light

Probably is not as good as canon but cost only £35.00

Just remember to choose with light option not just flush.

On light is much easier to set up camera.

Ringlights or ringflashlights give a very flat light. They are popular in medical and forensic documentary applications but the output is extremely flat. You won't see much of the profile of the coin. @sg86 is on the right way here. It's just some tweaking on the exposure, white balance and exposure curve settings; other than that it looks pretty amazing already 

[augur]

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[CosmikDebris]

Try shooting in a North facing room if you want even light, you can then play with exposure and white balance to your liking. I shoot a fair bit of macro in the field and never use a ring flash.

Here is an example, natural light only - https://www.viewbug.com/photo/65752422