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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1396238, member: 29751"]Personally, I'd stay away from light boxes, as they usually wash out the luster on coins and make for very "flat" looking images. Lighting is a very key part of good photos, and if you're on a budget and live close to IKEA, I'd suggest picking up 3 <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20169658/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20169658/" rel="nofollow">Jansjo lamps</a> ($9.99 each). I have been using these lights for about 2 years, and they are perfect for the job. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally shoot with a Canon T2i and a Canon 50D, both with a bellows set-up and enlarger or duplicating lenses. That's probably more complicated then you want to get, but even with a small point and shoot you can take good pictures of coins. The keys are a solid mount (small tripod or copy stand), good lighting (Jansjos are great!), a macro setting on your point and shoot (it's a little tulip symbol), and a timer on your camera (to avoid hand shake and allow very long exposures).</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm attaching a couple images that I have taken with the Jansjo lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]167404.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]167405.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]167406.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]167407.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]167408.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>-Brandon[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1396238, member: 29751"]Personally, I'd stay away from light boxes, as they usually wash out the luster on coins and make for very "flat" looking images. Lighting is a very key part of good photos, and if you're on a budget and live close to IKEA, I'd suggest picking up 3 [URL="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20169658/"]Jansjo lamps[/URL] ($9.99 each). I have been using these lights for about 2 years, and they are perfect for the job. I personally shoot with a Canon T2i and a Canon 50D, both with a bellows set-up and enlarger or duplicating lenses. That's probably more complicated then you want to get, but even with a small point and shoot you can take good pictures of coins. The keys are a solid mount (small tripod or copy stand), good lighting (Jansjos are great!), a macro setting on your point and shoot (it's a little tulip symbol), and a timer on your camera (to avoid hand shake and allow very long exposures). I'm attaching a couple images that I have taken with the Jansjo lighting. [ATTACH]167404.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]167405.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]167406.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]167407.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]167408.vB[/ATTACH] -Brandon[/QUOTE]
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