Morgan Dollar

Ken's giving up a significant amount of contrast if that bulb is below the lens. That allows light directly from the bulb to enter the lens, washing out the image.

 

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He put the bulb close to the coin, not the lens .
That's just a display image I posted .

 

My point is, you don't put the light anywhere below the bottom edge of the lens. That's a fundamental precept of accurate coin imaging. If it was a posed/arranged pic, it's one thing, but that light placement if used in production will lessen the quality of the resulting images.

 

The light sits about 2 feet from the lens and it's in front of the coin too .

The light is nowhere near the lens ....

 

I realize and appreciate that, Rick, but don't cram something down someone's throat just because you like it, and act if it's the only way because that's what the almighty Potter does. I am sorry, but when the question at hand is ignored in favor of recommendations for USB "microscopes" and examples of close up photos, no matter how noble your intentions may be, it's not actually helping the person who needs it, but is really nothing more than hijacking a thread.

 

I'm probably just misinterpreting the image, then. It sure seemed lower than the bottom of the lens.

 

There was no images being taken, in that image ...

 

I just had that feeling Book, that they were interested in more then what the post was looking for ...

 

OK, OK, you win.