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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2920770, member: 71723&quot;]Back in the day (before digital photography), my favorite proof coin photography technique was with a Nikon Micro-Nikkor with a black card on the end of the lens to prevent hot reflections, and a vellum cylinder around the coin, which was lit by four lights at 2,4,8, and 10 o&#039;clock positions on a Polaroid MP4 copy stand, using Kodachrome Type A film (40 ISO) with juuuust the right Kodak Wratten gelatin filters on the lens to perfectly balance the lamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I&#039;d fire them off to Kodak&#039;s Rockville, MD lab and wait two or three days, and VOILA, rocking color slides with deep rich black fields and diffuse white devices. They looked like Rick Tomaska&#039;s images in his book on cameo proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Those werrrre the days my friend,</p><p>We thought they&#039;d never end;</p><p>We sang and danced forever and a day...&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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