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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2221275, member: 19463&quot;]I see no problem with the Nikon L840&nbsp;&nbsp; BUT&nbsp; it bothers me that none of the camera review sites bother mentioning the one feature that makes a difference for coin photos.&nbsp; Many cameras will focus very, very close to the front of the lens but some will only do this if the lens is set at a wide angle.&nbsp; It is not important how close you can get but how small an area is covered by the camera when set to the closest.&nbsp; If a lens has a focal length of 10 to 100mm and focuses to one foot at all focal lengths including 100mm it will shoot a smaller coin than a lens that focuses to one inch at 10mm and one yard at 100mm.&nbsp; My set up will fill the frame with a denarius at about 8 inches.&nbsp; My wife&#039;s camera will fill the frame at about two inches.&nbsp; That close makes it hard to get light on the coin from an attractive angle.</p><p><br /></p><p>One trick is to add a close up lens to the front of the lens of a camera that won&#039;t focus close enough.&nbsp; That requires finding a close up lens threaded to fit your lens.&nbsp;&nbsp; If your camera has no threads on the front, some ill accept a slip on lens.&nbsp; It might be a good idea to take the camera to a camera store and ask if they can fit it.&nbsp; This should cost more for the service but if you can&#039;t otherwise figure out what your camera needs it might be worth it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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