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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3031589, member: 19463&quot;]I agree and add that you can shoot as close as you can focus even though the coin nowhere near fills the frame.&nbsp; Then you crop to just the coin and still should have a better image than you would get with the USB toy.&nbsp; This image of a fake coin shows the closest I could get without accessories and a full size crop of the image.&nbsp; To make a image suitable for most uses, just join the two sides in one reduced size image as shown here.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0bbnewrack2comb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do not recommend the cheap diopters for close ups because they have no correction for color fringing and will probably be worse than cropping.&nbsp; There are two element diopter lenses that are better but cost a lot more.&nbsp; I do recommend &#039;automatic&#039; extension tubes.&nbsp; Many brands are sold on eBay and even the $15 ones will work with your Canon.&nbsp; Be sure you get the ones with &#039;auto&#039; feature that have little brass pins inside that connect the lens contacts to those on the camera.&nbsp; The most important this is to have a solid support.&nbsp; It can be an expensive commercial stand or something you cobble together from scrap lumber.&nbsp; Cheap wood vibrates less than toy tripods.&nbsp;&nbsp; The stand does not have to be adjustable.&nbsp; It is easier to move the coin closer to the lens than to move the camera closer to the coin.&nbsp; For smaller coins, I place a book or two under the coin prop.&nbsp; Shown here is a spindle from a CDR pack.&nbsp; My pages on the matter show other options and way more other opinions than you want to see.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez1.html</a></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0bbnewrack00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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