How to take pacs through a slab

[numismatic nut]

So today, I get an E-mail that my '09-s lincoln is done at ANACS. (F-12 Brown...yum) Now, I need to know how to take pics of this lovely coin. I have a 12 Megapixil camera, with a macro zoom. So, what's your favorite way to take a photo of a slab?

[thedeadpoint]

I'm going to pre-empt some responses and say:

 

Step one: break it out of the slab

 

Step two: take a picture of it

 

[numismatic nut]

That would defeat the purpose of the slab, wouldn't it?

[Mark Stilson]

Use two lamps you may have to adjust angles to keep glare off. That works for me. You may also try to do a home made diffuser with some light weight white cloth or place some white paper around it to use as a reflector and keep down glare.

 

A couple in slabs just angling the lights.

[Saor Alba]

Crazily enough a high resolution ie 600 pixels on up scan might be better, but even as with photography you may have to adjust lighting to prevent glares. Depends on the colour of the coin, lighter ie silver and gold coins need either light set up around them or a darker background in the scanning situation. Darker coins need a contrast, ie a lighter colour in the background.

 

This is scanned:

 

 

Photographed with a lot of lights set up around it and the Nikon D camera on a mount:

 

[thedeadpoint]

Which pattern is that, Dave?

[thedeadpoint]

Which pattern is that, Dave?

 

And more importantly, how much did you snag it for?

[just carl]

I'm going to pre-empt some responses and say:

 

Step one: break it out of the slab

 

Step two: take a picture of it

 

HEY, no fair. That is what I was going to say.