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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7953177, member: 96898"]My pleasure. If I were you, I would not buy a new lens but some macro converter tubes like <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/201152865125?hash=item2ed5a52365:g:fC8AAOSwRLZT8q-t" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/201152865125?hash=item2ed5a52365:g:fC8AAOSwRLZT8q-t" rel="nofollow">these</a>. This will allow you to do macro photography with your kit lens for some $10 to $15. Also, I would not get an expensive ring light but mount your camera on a tripod to shoot in natural daylight next to a window. A workable tripod like <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/124426512692?hash=item1cf865e934:g:2RoAAOSwaoVhOhuf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/124426512692?hash=item1cf865e934:g:2RoAAOSwaoVhOhuf" rel="nofollow">this one</a> that allows you to point the camera downwards can be had for about $20. That solution should allow you to take pictures similar to those that I regularly post on this board.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether this is enough for your purposes remains an open question. It is obvious that I am not the most achieved coin photographer who answered to this thread. The images posted by [USER=83175]@akeady[/USER] and [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER] are way better than what I can achieve with my skills and setup. Yet, the gear necessary for such images also costs much more than macro converter tubes and a tripod.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7953177, member: 96898"]My pleasure. If I were you, I would not buy a new lens but some macro converter tubes like [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/201152865125?hash=item2ed5a52365:g:fC8AAOSwRLZT8q-t']these[/URL]. This will allow you to do macro photography with your kit lens for some $10 to $15. Also, I would not get an expensive ring light but mount your camera on a tripod to shoot in natural daylight next to a window. A workable tripod like [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/124426512692?hash=item1cf865e934:g:2RoAAOSwaoVhOhuf']this one[/URL] that allows you to point the camera downwards can be had for about $20. That solution should allow you to take pictures similar to those that I regularly post on this board. Whether this is enough for your purposes remains an open question. It is obvious that I am not the most achieved coin photographer who answered to this thread. The images posted by [USER=83175]@akeady[/USER] and [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER] are way better than what I can achieve with my skills and setup. Yet, the gear necessary for such images also costs much more than macro converter tubes and a tripod.[/QUOTE]
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