First I made just individual frames, but I had to do it again and again because sharpness was not satisfying enough. I usually need 5 minutes for my pictures, arranging the coin, taking the pictures, finding the right one, scale it down, remove tracking number, upload it. Taking the 20 pictures doesn't take much longer as taking just 2 or 3 individual pictures, and looking for sharpness doesn't take that long, too. I make about 15-20 pictures, and after that I go through them and I usually have 1 or 2 really sharp pictures. I set my camera (a Canon Powershot A540) to Macro mode, try to use as much light as I can without getting ugly reflections on the coin, use the wide-angle setting on the lens, and (that's the trick) then I change the settings on the camera so that it fires as long as I leave my finger on the shutter (continuous shooting mode). So your picture might be in focus, or might be off a little bit.įor my pictures of coins, I am in most cases too lazy to set up my tripod, so I use a little trick.
It is only a fraction, and your movements might be slow enough not to blur the image, but you change the focus distance. One problem with close-up shots is, if you don't use a tripod, you constantly change the distance between the camera and the object you want to photograph. Select an area adjacent to the area you want to cover.ĭrag the selected area to cover the unwanted text and then save as a new file. If you do take your own pictures, you'd be surprised how easy it is to remove tracking numbers using something simple like MS Paint. This would suck up bandwidth and gave no benefit to the host. had a problem with ebay auctions using links to their images. There are some copyright issues with doing that, but it's way better than linking to their site and eating up their bandwidth. This has the added benefit of not having to edit out the tracking number of the coin in the photo. I then uploaded the photo to the coin's page. Instead of trying to get a closeup photo I went to the manufacturer's website, right clicked the image of the coin, and saved it in the My Pictures folder of my computer. I recently purchased a few geocoins and wanted to upload an image on the coin's page.