Taking Pictures Of Coins For Selling On Ebay

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Farm1942 New Member United States 27 Posts	Posted 02/26/2024 2:45 pm can someone give me some ideas of what photo equipment sellers use for posting coins for sale on ebay? the cell phone works but not as satisfactorily as I'd like. Appreciate what is used and where to find for reasonable cost. Thanks. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

coin rejector Pillar of the Community United States 1776 Posts	Posted 02/26/2024 2:55 pm Are you selling raw, slabbed or both? IMO.... If they're slabbed, pic quality isn't as important because I've seen sellers w/ 1000's of sales & terrible pics. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 4065 Posts	Posted 02/26/2024 3:47 pm I use a clip-on macro lens for my iPad, plus a little axial light box that I built out of LEGO bricks. You can check out my coin photographs on my ebay link. For less than $10, I think it works really well. This lens looks similar to the one I bought: https://www.amazon.com/KINGMAS-Univ...p/B00FTSG35E Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 4065 Posts	Posted 02/26/2024 3:51 pm Examples: Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 16861 Posts	Posted 02/26/2024 6:23 pm Cell phone cameras of the last 3-4+ years are quite capable. I'd ask what you have, but it's really not my business. I've sold a little on ebay over time. Quality photos are of paramount importance. Report this Post to the Staff
russell1256 Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 03/04/2024 4:38 pm Brandmeister, can we see a picture of your "axial light box". Would your setup work for photographing slabs? Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 3853 Posts	Posted 03/04/2024 10:15 pm Axial and slabs don't mix well, unless you can make the light very even such that you can adjust the contrast in postprocessing. I've done this successfully with "pseudo-axial" light by tilting the coin into a wide light source. It's much easier to do this from lighting perspective. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 4065 Posts	Posted 03/04/2024 11:31 pm Quote: Would your setup work for photographing slabs? Not unless your slab is the approximate dimensions of a nickel, including thickness. It's a tiny LEGO box, patterned on a 3D printed axial box article that I found on this forum. The geometry is intentionally very small to optimize for the focal distance of the clip-on macro lens for my iPad. It has a lot of limitations, but for $9 it takes some pretty good pictures of small coins. Wouldn't the slab plastic badly interfere with right angle light anyway? Report this Post to the Staff
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