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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1303786, member: 13650&quot;]Hey nice video!&nbsp; Thanks for sharing.&nbsp; That 42 over 1 is a dream find!&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;d keep it in an air-tite in the mean time.&nbsp; That way it&#039;s less likely to get mixed in and easier to handle.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If you want to take decent pics, get any camera that will accept attachments and then get a basic macro lens for it.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t have to be expensive.&nbsp; This lens becomes the camera&#039;s magnifying glass.&nbsp; Then you can zoom in with macro, manually focus and physically move the camera forward and back until you have a razor sharp image of a mint mark filling the whole screen if you want.&nbsp; IME, most basic cameras don&#039;t handle the real closeups very well using their own lense.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I use a Canon S3, tensor light and set the white balance to a blank sheet of paper.&nbsp;&nbsp; What the camera sees as white has to be set under every type of lighting.&nbsp; And try not to mix two types of lighting, including daylight.&nbsp; It will screw up the color.&nbsp; &nbsp; Don&#039;t have a room light on over your photo light in other words.&nbsp; &nbsp; This is just the basic advice I always give.&nbsp; &nbsp; These two issues are half the battle.&nbsp; Then you just have to get the right angle so you don&#039;t put a shadow over the coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Photo editing programs will put the final touches on if you want to take the time.&nbsp; &nbsp; Photoscape, even in photobucket, the editing options (especially auto-fix) can improve a photos quality quite a bit. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Really, the way to go is a &#039;good&#039; camera and a copy stand with good lights on the sides.&nbsp; That&#039;s the best possible result.&nbsp; But I&#039;m happy enough with my own results to where it&#039;s not worth it to upgrade at this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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