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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2360758, member: 16729&quot;]One thing that I haven&#039;t yet seen in this discussion of lighting coins for photography is the use of <b>video </b>and a <b>tilt stage</b>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an analogy: As an author of prose writing, one needs to think about the reader.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the same as a photographer trying to show off a coin to a viewer, especially if she/he is utilizing images to <u>sell</u> the coin.&nbsp; What do buyers who purchase coins in person, (ie., at a coin show), do when looking at a coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; They hold the coin (or slab) in their hand and closely examine it, usually through a 5X loupe.&nbsp; They also tilt the coin to get a better idea of the surface preservation, and especially the luster and overall eye-appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see really amazing still coin-photography, much of it here at CT, so don&#039;t get me wrong, but why do photographers think that they can best approximate the &quot;in-hand&quot; experience described above with <b>stills</b>?&nbsp;&nbsp; This is not an argument against stills, but an argument for a &quot;both/and&quot; solution:&nbsp; Both stills and a video component with the best lighting possible.&nbsp;&nbsp; This would better approximate the &quot;in-hand&quot; experience for a potential buyer than stills alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin photography today is usually for the purpose of showing coins in an online format, and not usually for print publications (books, magazines, auction catalogues).&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, with the advent of higher-resolution HD video and the ability for most of us to view these videos on many different kinds of devices, I really don&#039;t see any excuse for not having video as a component for most digital coin photography.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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