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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Zak, post: 27451, member: 824"]I use a older Olympus 3.2 megapixel digital camera in the macro mode. Any decent digital camera should do the trick. NO flash!</p><p><br /></p><p>GE Reveal lights can be purchased at any store that sells light bulbs. Regular light bulbs have yellow hue to them. These cover more of the visible light spectrum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottle thing is taking a water/milk gallon plastic jug, cutting off the top so that you can place the coin at the bottom of the jug on a black blackground. The light bulbs are 2 feet away (45 degree angle) so that the light hits the plastic jug, diffuses the light even more, giving you better lighting conditions (less shadows). Also, if you can take the pictures next to a window (daylight) with additional natural lighting, all of the better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Zak, post: 27451, member: 824"]I use a older Olympus 3.2 megapixel digital camera in the macro mode. Any decent digital camera should do the trick. NO flash! GE Reveal lights can be purchased at any store that sells light bulbs. Regular light bulbs have yellow hue to them. These cover more of the visible light spectrum. The bottle thing is taking a water/milk gallon plastic jug, cutting off the top so that you can place the coin at the bottom of the jug on a black blackground. The light bulbs are 2 feet away (45 degree angle) so that the light hits the plastic jug, diffuses the light even more, giving you better lighting conditions (less shadows). Also, if you can take the pictures next to a window (daylight) with additional natural lighting, all of the better.[/QUOTE]
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