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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jeankay, post: 404587, member: 12159&quot;]My camera is a Canon Powershot SD850 IS Digital Elph, with 8.0 mega pixels, 4x zoom and an optical image stabilizer. All I do is choose the macro mode and turn off the flash, and trying to keep the camera from undue shaking. I do use a natural ott-lite for silver and a low energy bulb for coppers. </p><p>I do have Paint Shop Pro 7 for cropping, sizing, zooming, and yes, for changing the look of the coin such as a negative appearance to highlight the coin&#039;s devices. Other than that I do not use anything special to make the coin look different. My husband showed me how to change the posting size to pixels which give it a better look when I put it on the forum. My camera takes pictures that eat up an incredible amount of disk space and makes the pictures on my monitor enormous. </p><p>Remembering back to my first real 35mm camera, I know when I used the macro and/ or magification that I had to use a tripod because there was no way I could hold the camera steady enough. Maybe the 10x mode is a bit too sensitive for hand holding the camera. </p><p>I haven&#039;t learned how to use all the features of my Canon... and probably never will. The instructions for it are in two books, a big book and a little book, which at times refer back to each other for instructions. This is more than my very little gray cells can absorb. </p><p>If possible you might try a lower magnification to see if it helps. A lot of CT&#039;ers have great what I call &#039;professional&#039; set-ups for taking coin pictures. Maybe they will chime in here and let you know how they handle the pics.</p><p>jeankay[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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