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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2088918, member: 19463&quot;]I am never satisfied with my coin photos and reshoot many several times before I get it &#039;right&#039; or give up (more often the latter).&nbsp; I saw a toy for sale on eBay so I decided to try one.&nbsp; There is no magic bullet that will solve all my problems but this has some features I like.&nbsp; It is a ringlight with 144 LED&#039;s of daylight balance with a nice feature of being dimmable.&nbsp; My experience with my old fluorescent ringlight was good but its single brightness did not do well when trying to use it in conjunction with another light to get the balance I wanted.&nbsp; It arrived today so I have not learned to use it or tried with a variety of coins.&nbsp; In general, I expect it to be best for higher relief silver and harder to control with dark bronzes with low relief.&nbsp; Time will tell.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This light was advertised as an accessory for stereo microscopes (which I have so I can use it there if it is a flop on the camera).&nbsp; The description said it would fit up to 62mm diameter which is exactly what my Canon macro measures.&nbsp; The images below show my previous image of a Maximinus Alexandria tetradrachm (shown here before) above the new light result.&nbsp; The pseudo axial light of a ring really emphasizes letters in the legend.&nbsp; The bottom image used the Ott light desklamp at full power and the ring turned down to about a quarter (it has no scale on the dial).&nbsp; Second guessing, I might try even less ring.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to reshoot some other coins that I think might benefit from the toy and, maybe, a few that I&#039;m doubtful it would help but that could stand a better photo anyway.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]390715[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]390716[/ATTACH] </p><p>Opinions welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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