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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samjimmy, post: 243216, member: 3813&quot;]The Ducat is close enough.&nbsp; It looks like it all but kills the luster, however you can see there&#039;s some there.&nbsp; I think I&#039;d use a camera for that type of coin. Seems to do better with coins with a bit of color and toning.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think you&#039;d get much better of an image using a camera with that 8 Reales, though it would all be in focus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins aren&#039;t exactly the easiest thing to photograph (due to the size and lighting, etc.), and good photography (of any subject) requires knowledge that few people possess.&nbsp; Many moons ago I used to shoot professionally, went to school to study it, and have been playing around with manual cameras since age 7.&nbsp; If I hadn&#039;t done that, and just got a point and shoot, (even one that can do mostly anything), I don&#039;t think I&#039;d have a clue.&nbsp; Back in the day, before in camera light meters and manual focus and exposure, you had to have a basic understanding to take any picture, but that really isn&#039;t needed today to take pictures (taking good pictures is another story).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re old enough, you remember shooting, developing and printing slides.&nbsp; There wasn&#039;t much room for error, and no software to clean everything up like today heh.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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