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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 8336287, member: 86815&quot;]Here is my rig [USER=134416]@nerosmyfavorite68[/USER]. I believe Doug&#039;s rig is better and more stable but this gets me by for now and was a &quot;cheap fix&quot;.</p><p>I still work full time and between children, grandchildren and a pack of dogs don&#039;t have much time so I cut corners.</p><p>I have a Nikon SLR with a Macro Lens and a friend set me up by reversing a lens but I found it complex. For other stuff I use a Nikon Coolpix so I experimented with that and am slowly getting better.</p><p>Everything came from Ebay and Amazon and the whole rig including camera was less than $150. We live in a throw away society and because people want the latest, fastest etc you can buy a secondhand Nikon for $30.00 in its box with software. This has autofocus and a macro setting and is in the pixel range not thought possible when the first digitals came out but probably not as good as some phones. The copy stand was double the price of the camera, the lights were $12.99 each and the scissors lift $8.00. The other day the copy stand spring loaded adjustable camera mount broke and a camera store quoted me more for a new camera mount than the stand cost me so I simply super glued a spare baseplate camera mount into place and leave it there permanently and screw out the camera if I change a battery.</p><p>Now I cannot give advice on photography like Doug and others can but I know this works for me and I am improving. It really is 95% perspiration and 5% inspiration and I understand the angst about downloading images. I leave the camera set up and plug in my laptop and download using the Nikon software straight into my images and then crop and adjust from the Microsoft image saving. </p><p>I&#039;m still experimenting with photographing with black, blue and white backgrounds and clear glass as you can see. </p><p>Because of limited time and the complexity of the large SLR trying to use it with Photoshop etc I was frustrated but I think that eventually I will achieve decent images with this rig and then move up to the larger SLR when I am more competent and have more time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1478016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1478016[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The LED&#039;s are flexible and can be bent wherever I want them but are more of a hindrance than a help until I master them.</p><p>One unforeseen thing I hadn&#039;t anticipated was the camera sometimes sees what you don&#039;t ,or at least not with eyes like mine. I recently photographed this coin to see Bronze Disease which isn&#039;t apparent in the hand. It is now residing in distilled water as I am now reading whatever I can on the methods of cure.[ATTACH=full]1478022[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For every image I feel worth saving I delete probably 5. What I do get out of the exercise is the ability to look at coins close quarter at leisure which is easier than with a magnifying glass if I am trying to refer to a book simultaneously.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478024[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478025[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice is keep at it, I accept I won&#039;t win prizes but any skill takes time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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