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Message:: [QUOTE="Blue Angel, post: 499948, member: 14976"]Thanks for the comments! Get a cheap tripod.....I paid $15 for mine.  I placed the coin on a cigar box wrapped in white paper to get the coin about 2" from the camera lens.  I TURNED OFF the flash.  I TURNED ON the macro function.  I adjusted the tripod height slightly and did not adjust zoom....only focus.I set the timer for 2 seconds. I used a table lamp with a 40 watt incandescent bulb and wrapped the lamp with opaque tracing paper to diffuse the light. When I get time I plan on having two lamp to completely remove the shadows and hope to make some sort of light box out of white fabric to diffuse the lighting.  So far, only taken in auto mode...I plan on playing around with manual settings also. I find it amazing what these inexpensive digitals will do right out of the box with decent lighting.[/QUOTE]