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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 1267991, member: 24091"]I'm using a Canon 50mm with satisfactory results. With the ring flash attached, you get that "UFO about to land on the slab" effect which can be cropped out. Except on larger coins, and except on proofs... Which turns out to be a lot of exceptions. Still, it inables me to photograph coins at night, something I wasn't able to do previously. Until I got the flash, did everything using daylight, which had a whole host of problems as well. Shots would pickup the color of the room, or distant reflections from tree branches outside even though they were 60 feet above me. As for the lens itself, its a decent entry level lens costing about $265. I suspect if money were no object, I would go with a little longer lens much like everyone else seems to prefer.</p><p><br /></p><p>. [ATTACH]138262.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]138261.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 1267991, member: 24091"]I'm using a Canon 50mm with satisfactory results. With the ring flash attached, you get that "UFO about to land on the slab" effect which can be cropped out. Except on larger coins, and except on proofs... Which turns out to be a lot of exceptions. Still, it inables me to photograph coins at night, something I wasn't able to do previously. Until I got the flash, did everything using daylight, which had a whole host of problems as well. Shots would pickup the color of the room, or distant reflections from tree branches outside even though they were 60 feet above me. As for the lens itself, its a decent entry level lens costing about $265. I suspect if money were no object, I would go with a little longer lens much like everyone else seems to prefer. . [ATTACH]138262.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]138261.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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