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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clorox, post: 1632129, member: 36209&quot;]My set-up is a Canon Powershot G10, tripod, and a fluorescent desk lamp. I crank the camera down as close to the coin as possible without blocking the light, use manual focus, turn off all the lights in the room, and move the lamp around so the contrast on the coin isn&#039;t too wide or too flat. I use the smallest aperture on my camera (f/8) because the manual focus preview isn&#039;t perfect so I want a wide depth of field, and because fluorescent lamps flicker a bit and I want the white balance to be as good as possible. As for the exposure, I use center-weighted metering and usually the meter is spot-on. With some coins I&#039;ll also take a back-up shot at 1/3 or 2/3 stops underexposed, especially if I&#039;m having trouble with blown-out highlights, and then adjust during processing. I don&#039;t have a remote shutter release so I use the 2-second timer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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