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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 8220268, member: 106826&quot;]Regarding photos: blurry and over pixelated make it hard to see anything.&nbsp; Relative to the equipment a person has, the aim is to get the clearest picture rather than the closest picture.&nbsp; Finding the perfect focal distance will help ensure that photos are a useful as they can be.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a quick setup or two that I use:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1443504[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1443505[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1443506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1443507[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1443508[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1443509[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the chartreuse post it is a poor choice for a backing.&nbsp; It reflects too much light back at the camera.&nbsp; Blue worked better.&nbsp; Other colors work better with different colored coins.&nbsp; Find a flat backing...perhaps black.&nbsp; Use lighting from different directions: reduces shadows and by keeping the light away from the subject, reduces glare.&nbsp; Glare can be reduced using light filters, like a white plastic bag or thin white cloth.&nbsp; Or a coffee filter.&nbsp; Find a pedestal to set the optimal distance and only zoom in to fill the viewer without making things blurry.&nbsp; If you are blurry, then you won&#039;t take a good shot.&nbsp; The pedestal should be heavy so you can reduce vibration and movement of the camera.&nbsp; My silver/red can is filled with quarters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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