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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7755888, member: 19463&quot;]The reverse seems sharper than the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not get a new lens today so I&#039;ll fall back on the 100mm Macro Yashinon lens I used with my Contax 137 back in the 1980&#039;s.&nbsp; It served me until I went digital and shot most of the coin images I posted online before 2000.&nbsp; The adapter used here is cobbled together from old extension tubes and the Canon EF-RF adapter fitting on my RP. This image of a Caracalla sestertius is about 3x size uncropped but reduced to fit here.&nbsp; It used a stack of tubes of three different mounts AKA what I have at hand today.&nbsp; I do not have a lens that offers more than 1:1 but you can always add extension tubes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328758[/ATTACH]</p><p>Below is cropped but not reduced of the same original.&nbsp; Caracalla has waxy residue in his eye.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328759[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This image shows the rig I used then.&nbsp; I do not miss film but the images then were better than the first couple digital cameras I bought.&nbsp; The wood frame allowed a lot of freedom in arranging the lights but five incandescent bulbs made a lot of heat. </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/camera.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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