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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EyeEatWheaties, post: 1053485, member: 26972&quot;]Exactly, which why I created this thread.&nbsp; I wanted to hear from guys who shoot coins, not mamby pambies who shoot flowers and bugs and then go on to say how well the lens does a portrait.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is some very good information in here, thank you to everyone who contributed. I am very grateful to be able to use y&#039;all&#039;s trials and tribulations hopefully saving me the grief of second guessing after a purchase.&nbsp; Thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the idea of buying the canon lens, but I worry about melting the camera. I move lights around a lot. Leadfoot, the 180 obviously didn&#039;t impress you since it appears that you thought you were upgrading to it, but yet moved on to another.&nbsp; So to further justify, you get what you pay for, I am convinced that the Sigma 150mm will deliver. I&#039;ll melt the 100mm and the Tamron 180 will leave me wondering if I should have doubled down for the Canon 180mm macro.&nbsp; (that lens is stupid money IMO)</p><p><br /></p><p>On another forum, I posed the same question.&nbsp; I got what I believe is one of the most superior/perfect examples I have seen of a copper cent yet shot with the Canon 100mm and camera with same sensor size as mine but with 12.1 mp vs 10.1 on mine and a 20% deeper pixel density (3.7 vs 3.1)&nbsp; I need to reiterate that I only shoot copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways,&nbsp; I think it will be appreciated to post the same pics for comparison and side by side study. OK&nbsp; below. the 1910 is from a Canon 100mm Macro on a 450D (not sure if the coin was slabbed) - The other coins are my shots from my current set up. The 1911 is raw,&nbsp; the 1909 is slabbed - the first 09 pic captures the luster, the second one was lit from a similar angle as that perfectly imaged 1910. </p><p><br /></p><p>I resized all these images to be the same size. ~1080x1080</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting/coincidently that the depth of field DOF is very similar where the focus was on the field. It is most noticeable on highpoints of the 1910 &amp; 1909 date and &quot;LIBERTY&quot;&#039;s highpoints slightly out of focus .</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1911ObverseLincolnRaw11-12-10Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1910MSObversefromSuperDaveLarge.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1909VDBMS67RDObverse06665453aLarge.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1909VDBMS67RDObverse06665453Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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