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Message:: [QUOTE="Mark T, post: 861974, member: 20061"]Doug , You need to read between the lines a bit on my post. In an indirect way I said how important lighting is . The key is with a great lens you can position your camera further from the coin thus allowing in more light . As for taking pictures of coins in slabs , experienced pros can work around practically any slab type issues they may encounter. Even an amateur like myself eventually will find a work around even if it takes me 100 pictures attempts to do it . The pictures I post here are low resolution because they first must be compressed on my end due to files size restriction , and then they are further compressed when I up load them .  From my experience there is no substitue for a high quality lens. I have no doubt if I had a better camera set up my photos would be higher quality. The question is can most people get great pictures with a $ 300 point and shoot ? Yes they can if they know what they are doing.  If you don’t have a clue what you are doing a $ 1500 camera and lens wont help. However for someone who wants to take their photography to the next level they need to take the camera to the next level as well.[/QUOTE]