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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2855734, member: 1892&quot;]I shoot with a used Canon Rebel XS, which can be had for under $100. The lens is a bellows-mounted El-Nikkor 75mm, and if you pay more than $40 for one you&#039;re getting ripped off. Another $40 for the bellows, and a cheap tripod, and you&#039;re in business for less than $200. There are limitations to such a setup which would take more money to rectify, and the learning curve is <b>steep</b>. And it doesn&#039;t make phone calls. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>OTOH [USER=10938]@coinzip[/USER] had his little white light box with a couple of lights pointed at it and a hole in the top through which he pointed the phone and hit the shutter. He didn&#039;t even delay the shutter, just hit it with a finger. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spoiler: His rig saw colors as well as mine, and I like his images of the Morgan better than mine (for the moment). </p><p><br /></p><p>The Cent was pretty easy. These images are half-size, by the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678917[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678918[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Morgan, not so much. I threw everything but the kitchen sink at it, even tried bounced indirect lighting, and am still not satisfied. These shots had pretty much every light I owned pointed at the coin - my exposures were faster than 1/1000 - and it&#039;s just_beginning to capture the color. I went through a dozen iterations with the obverse, and have 200MB of images of this coin now. I think it&#039;s time to rebuild my Halogen Flamethrower™ rig. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678921[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678922[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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