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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2770958, member: 71642&quot;]Depends on budget and goals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like I use something similar to Dave, and it&#039;s a set up I got from Ray.&nbsp; I had a few tweaks done because I like to shoot medals too, so the modifications get it from this (a 15.15 mm coin) and a bit smaller up to almost 70mm diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/2Ddy6Y0OSQSl3tFovuMx_combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>with a detail shot (and it could do a bit better if I needed it)</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/mU26nNZTaK87IJf3Gngw_M8%205%20sen%20detail.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my version of the camera/modified microscope stand straight from Ray&#039;s website:</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ec68HE7IQ9mkeUUARDX6_set%20up.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And how it looks in my basement.&nbsp; I took off the stage for this &#039;working shot&#039;.&nbsp; The camera isn&#039;t in view because it was moved higher for the medal.</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/F9Wupm36QDC1FX2u5uAp_IMG_6044.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Without the stage I can stretch up to a bit over a 70mm diameter like this one:</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ZIGVr6NQSvOL3sveXcFI_combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anything bigger I use my cell phone with a bluetooth shutter release, using the same lights and location.&nbsp; This gets medals like this:</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/JWweEHKKT6W3tUF2dGwa_Turin%20Buizard%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Budget-wise, well I had the phone and the laptop.&nbsp; The bluetooth release was under $10 from Amazon to use the phone.&nbsp; The camera/lens/bellows set up is what I bought from Ray.&nbsp; I use the Janso lights (?sp) from IKEA at about $10 each (plus shipping) with the lids of the 50 cent square coin tubes over them to diffuse the light a bit (not shown as that is a newer thing for me).</p><p><br /></p><p>A DIY can be done but I had no patience or inclination for that so I bought the set up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cost was well under a super-duper set up, but well above a cell phone lens add on or a point and shoot.&nbsp; I can PM you what I paid if interested, but understand that Ray did a quite bit of extra work to make it go from smaller details and on up to medals for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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