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Title: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Chris on February 01, 2007, 06:13:47 pm

I got myself a new close-up lens set for Christmas, and of course the first thing I took a picture of was the original 2004 BYOAC token.  Attached is a small piece of that image; the full image is at http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=372172443&size=o .

--Chris

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: patrickl on February 01, 2007, 07:00:13 pm

yeah, they don't look very pretty up close

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Kevin Mullins on February 01, 2007, 07:10:09 pm

Actually that's some badass detailed closeup capability..... I'm envious.

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Gamester on February 01, 2007, 08:08:08 pm

Very cool.  Just out of curiousity, what are the specs on that lens?

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: GoPodular.com on February 01, 2007, 08:59:06 pm

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what are the specs on that lens?

I'd also like to know.  That looks really good.

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Chris on February 01, 2007, 10:40:57 pm

The camera is a Sony CyberShot W7; the filters are from a Bower Digital Macro Kit, 30mm, which consists of +1, +2, and +4 diopter filters.  The pic was taken with the +4 and +2 stacked together.  I don't know enough about photography to know what specifications would be on the lenses other than the diopter and diameter.

--Chris

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: JustMichael on February 02, 2007, 01:05:56 am

I saw your picture of the 2004 token and thought that I would take one of my own.  It can be found here (http://folks.harbornet.com/exclavieor/BYOAC%20Token.jpg).  WARNING!!! Picture is NOT dialup friendly!

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Santoro on February 02, 2007, 07:52:15 am

Those look pretty cool guys. I am always amazed at the level of detail the mint can attain.

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Havok on February 02, 2007, 07:54:29 am

Nice! I have a macro feature on my lens, but no where near that level of "closeness" Great pics!

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: clockwork on February 02, 2007, 08:04:17 am

Those are nice looking tokens. Makes me want to add a coin door into my plans. ::)

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Chris on February 02, 2007, 11:40:59 am

Quote from: JustMichael on February 02, 2007, 01:05:56 am

I saw your picture of the 2004 token and thought that I would take one of my own.  It can be found here (http://folks.harbornet.com/exclavieor/BYOAC%20Token.jpg).  WARNING!!! Picture is NOT dialup friendly!

You win... much sharper than my pic!  :)  Whad did you use?

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Teebor on February 02, 2007, 12:34:39 pm

Thats some amazing detail on those pics.

I must get myself some tokens sometime, makes me wish I had a coindoor too.

Oh and on a side note I think I can see <insert random religious icon> in those pictures  :notworthy:  ;D

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: johnperkins21 on February 02, 2007, 01:22:18 pm

Quote from: Bremil on February 02, 2007, 08:04:17 am

Those are nice looking tokens. Makes me want to add a coin door into my plans. ::)

The rolleyes smilie implies sarcasm, but your post didn't seem sarcastic. I am confuzzled.

Santoro's tokens are the reason I want to have a working coin door.  ;D

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: clockwork on February 02, 2007, 02:25:52 pm

Quote from: johnperkins21 on February 02, 2007, 01:22:18 pm

Quote from: Bremil on February 02, 2007, 08:04:17 am

Those are nice looking tokens. Makes me want to add a coin door into my plans. ::)

The rolleyes smilie implies sarcasm, but your post didn't seem sarcastic. I am confuzzled.

Santoro's tokens are the reason I want to have a working coin door.  ;D

More like rolling my eyes because it's something more I have to buy. :)

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: patrickl on February 02, 2007, 03:49:53 pm

Quote from: Chris on February 02, 2007, 11:40:59 am

Quote from: JustMichael on February 02, 2007, 01:05:56 am

I saw your picture of the 2004 token and thought that I would take one of my own.  It can be found here (http://folks.harbornet.com/exclavieor/BYOAC%20Token.jpg).  WARNING!!! Picture is NOT dialup friendly!

You win... much sharper than my pic!  :)  Whad did you use?

EXIF says it's a Canon 20D. Doesn't say which lens though, just the focal length

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: JustMichael on February 02, 2007, 04:30:32 pm

Quote from: Chris on February 02, 2007, 11:40:59 am

Quote from: JustMichael on February 02, 2007, 01:05:56 am

I saw your picture of the 2004 token and thought that I would take one of my own.  It can be found here (http://folks.harbornet.com/exclavieor/BYOAC%20Token.jpg).  WARNING!!! Picture is NOT dialup friendly!

You win... much sharper than my pic!  :)  Whad did you use?

I used my Canon 20D with a 70-200mm lens.  I also used some extension tubes I have.

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: patrickl on February 03, 2007, 09:07:38 pm

Lemme add some close ups from the 2005 and 2006 coins.

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/2005_Full.jpg)
2005 Full frame (closed up to part of the coin) The coin is a tad dirty

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/2005_Detail.jpg)
2005 detail

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/2006_Full.jpg)
2006 Full frame. Side lighting used. This makes the flat surfaces black and the edges light up

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/2006_Detail.jpg)
2006 Detail. For some reason the lines here are not as well defined as on the other pictures. What's really cool though, is how the corners of the base of the cannon are laying over the edge detail. Nicely layered!

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/2006_Full_Axial.jpg)
Other side of the 2006 coin. This time I used axial lighting. This technique (using a piece of glass at 45 degrees over the coin) makes the light appear to be coming straight from the camera lens. It renders flat areas white and edges black (since they bounce the light way from the axis)

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/2006_Detail_Axial.jpg)

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: Santoro on February 04, 2007, 11:15:57 am

 :o :o

 8)

So who has access to an electron microscope?

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: JustMichael on February 04, 2007, 01:07:51 pm

So when can I take a picture of the 2007 tokens?

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: patrickl on April 27, 2007, 07:23:44 am

I got myself a new toy. A set of extension tubes which make my macro lens enlarge even more. I'd guess it enlarges by a factor of 2. Full frame picture shows about a quarter of the coin.

I thought I'd try it on the coins. Depth of field is really wafer thin so focussing is incredibly difficult. Even the flex in the floor from me stepping away from the tripod would move the coin out of focus.

Anyway, here are some 100% crops:
(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/Coin_2005_Joy.jpg)
Joystick on the 2005 coin

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/Coin_2006_Canon.jpg)
Cannon on the 2006 coin

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/BYOAC/Coin_2005_Player.jpg)
Player 1 on 2005 coin

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: saint on April 27, 2007, 09:20:28 am

What are you using for lighting?

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: patrickl on April 27, 2007, 11:11:36 am

In this case simply the sun with a diffuser disc to take a bit of the harshness off. I just wanted to try the extension tubes out :P

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: ahofle on April 27, 2007, 11:19:43 am

Is that the best you guys can do?
Here's mine:
(http://complex.upf.es/~josep/atoms.jpg)
 :laugh2:

Title: Re: BYOAC Token: Up close and personal
Post by: patrickl on April 27, 2007, 03:11:05 pm

:laugh2: Yeah that's pretty close.