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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1324798, member: 15445&quot;]As suggested, you should shoot perpendicular to the coin but you may get reflections from the plastic holder.&nbsp; If possible, carefully remove the coin from the holder for best photographic results.*&nbsp; Also, move the lights around &amp; see what looks best on your camera&#039;s viewfinder before you shoot the photo.&nbsp; Sometimes using only one lamp can give better results than two.&nbsp; The lamps &amp; overhead lighting can give you hot spots in your photo so diffusing the light is sometimes the way to go.&nbsp; You may want to diffuse the illumination by holding some translucent paper between the lamps &amp; the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to diffuse the light is to make a tube of translucent paper &amp; place the coin at the bottom of the tube.&nbsp; You aim the camera down the tube &amp; shine your lights on the side of the tube.&nbsp; This technique provides very uniform diffuse lighting for photographing proof coins.&nbsp; Try it, I think you will be surprised at the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I suspect that there is a shutter release timer delay that you can set on your camera.&nbsp; Set the delay for a couple seconds so that the camera actually takes the picture a couple seconds after you have depressed the shutter release.&nbsp; This keeps the camera held steady on the tripod when the photo is taken.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Always handle the coin from the edge &amp; hold it over a soft surface in case it is dropped.&nbsp; Do not talk over the coin while you are taking photos of it outside of the holder.&nbsp; If you feel that there is risk of damaging the coin, then don&#039;t take it out of its holder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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