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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 4521366, member: 1765&quot;]The two LED lights you cite are sufficient.&nbsp; No need to switch to halogen, as that will just generate a lot of extra heat.&nbsp; Keep the camera parallel to the surface of the coin.&nbsp; In general, move the lights as high as you can without getting glare from the slab.&nbsp; This is sometimes difficult, especially on some NGC slabs that may have bulged (seemingly a recurring issue with these).</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason you aren&#039;t seeing the same depth of the luster cartwheels with the camera is because you have two eyes and the camera has one.&nbsp; One thing I often do when deciding how to light a coin is look at it with one eye closed.&nbsp; It gives you a more accurate picture of what you could see with the camera.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, yes, these are good pictures for a cell phone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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