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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1473229, member: 29751&quot;]I shoot with a Canon T2i and a Canon 50D DSLR.&nbsp; I image coins with a bellows system (accordion-like extension for lenses) mounted on a copy stand, using a flat-field APO-Rodagon f/4 75mm duplicating lens as my primary.&nbsp; This set-up gives me flexibility to fill the complete viewfinder with the coin for coins ranging in size from around 40mm diameter down through 11mm diameter (or smaller).&nbsp; My normal lighting for direct light images are three LED lamps with very small point sources, thus they don&#039;t get in my way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two example images using this set-up; the first is a raw medal, the 2nd is a slabbed coin.</p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1969_Heraldic_Art_Medal_SanDiego_Raw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1909VDB_NGC_MS66RD_Lincoln_Cent_composite.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I want to bring out colors in certain images, I use an axial lighting setup.&nbsp; What this means is illustrated in the picture below.&nbsp; In short, your camera/lens shoot images through a diagonal piece of glass.&nbsp; The light source reflects off of the glass at a 45 degree angle straight down onto the coin/slab, it then reflects directly back up and through the lens to be captured at a 90 degree angle (perpendicular to) by your digital camera sensor.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just for completeness, I wanted to post a graphic of what my &quot;axial&quot; lighting set-up looks like.&nbsp; For axial imaging I use two diffused Ott compact fluorescent bulbs.&nbsp; For axial image post-processing, especially for slabbed coins, you will need to do a levels/gamma adjustment.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pictorial of my axial lighting set-up:</b></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/Photo_setup.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Direct lighting image:</b></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1773_France_Jeton_NGC_MS62_direct_composite.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Axial lighting image:</b></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography/1773_France_Jeton_NGC_MS62_axial_composite.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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