Only took a few pictures.... just to see... I think it worked? Since I can see more in focus, but I am not 100% sure. Anyway, I thought some of them turned out pretty cool, except for that last over exposed one. Composition I didn't totally do on these, as you can tell. Just some test shots.

Featuring, some old American pennies:

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5. O/E!

so this is a lenseless shot? how do u focus that?

I like #1 the best except I think you should try to focus on the numbers a lil bit more but I guess yours got the word Trust focused too.
I may will try some reversed lens macro shots tomorrow but so far i think I have done quite good using 85mm while taking some of my close up pictures.
btw did you use the built-in flash or a regular lamp? I could imagine how hard it is to take some pictures in the full manual mode and that's probably why the last picture got so overexposed lol.

About coins. I think pennies are my favorite probably because there are sooooooo many of them out there and finding interesting and old ones are quite easy. I think the oldest ones I have found so far are a 1938 Canadian and a 1939 American ^^.
I thought some of my coins are dirty and sad looking lol yours are like a lot worse . Btw I remember you cleaning some of them with some kind of white powder mixed with water. Do you want to tell me what it is? lol I have a few silver coins that I want to clean that's why I'm asking.




manual focus

I would have tried to focus on the numbers, but I couldn't even see them through the view finder lol! I used a flash...

You don't use manual focus when your lens isn't even attached

All you have to do is move closer or farther away to get it to focus. The last photo got over exposed because I wasn't holding the lens close enough to the body, and it let some light in.

Btw it's called "baking powder" to clean your coins. It's a fine gritty powder that gets into everything, then you mix a little water with it (not too much) and use a rag to rub the coin.

This post was edited by chantal7 on Feb 21 2009 10:39am

Thanks for the info and advice . I knew it was something very common that you used to clean the coins but I forgot exactly what lol.
I didn't know that you can't focus manually when the lens isn't attached lol. haha so how many pictures did you take before they got good and sharp? It must be very hard since you can neither focus nor see the object through the viewfinder. Anyway I am going to try to take some reversed macro pics too .

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if it's baking soda or baking powder! lol!

-.- Well I guess I'll just have to buy a package of each powders and check which one is the right one lmao. Geez it seems your memory has got even worse, first you forgot the combination to your precious safe and now you don't even remember which powder you used to clean your coins -.- lol jk.

they are basically the same for this i believe and only slightly different in actualness as far as memory serves me

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