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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 434872, member: 13650&quot;]It depends on the camera.&nbsp; We have a digital camera at work that&#039;s like a 1st generation with barely anything for user options.&nbsp; The best photographer in the world would not be able to take a good pic of a coin with it.&nbsp; Same goes for many cameras.&nbsp; There are limits with what you can expect so you should always list the camera you&#039;re using.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I use a Canon S3 IS.&nbsp; It took the pic in my avatar.&nbsp; White piece of paper for the background.&nbsp; Custom white balance set.&nbsp; Instead of auto, I set it (the wheel on top) to &#039;manual&#039;.&nbsp; Normal macro (as opposed to super macro).&nbsp; Attach a cheap macro lens onto it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Use the direction pad up down, left right to set the right ISO and aperture (until the light looks right on the back screen and the histogram is in the middle).&nbsp;&nbsp; Zoom as needed.&nbsp; Hold in the manual focus button on the side of the lens, while I again use the directional pad&#039;s up and down to help focus.&nbsp;&nbsp; If it doesn&#039;t quite get it, I slightly move the camera forward and back until the image is sharp on the back screen.&nbsp;&nbsp; Halfway depress the shutter button to let it focus.&nbsp; It beeps.&nbsp; Then I depress fully.&nbsp; Pic taken.&nbsp;&nbsp; No tri-pod used.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then when I add the pics to photobucket, I edit them to adjust the size and also click auto-fix and it takes the haze off the pic making it look much better than what I put on there.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;About the best I can get with this set up:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/Coin%20Album1/atocha003.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/Coin%20Album1/atocha002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/coinalbum2/pennyB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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