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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3318363, member: 19463"]All the brands including Canon and Nikon make more than one quality of lenses. For the most part you can tell the better ones by price. Tamron and Sigma both make excellent lenses which are probably overkill for coins. I would start using the lens that came with the camera and see if the lens is what limits your photos. You can always buy an upgrade later. I would like to see results from the Canon 55-250 cheap (about $160 new but sold for less and often cheaper used) zoom that is sometimes sold as a kit with a body and a 18-55 normal zoom. The 18-55 is not a bad lens but coins would be better with a longer focal length. Some kits have the old 75-300 which is not as good from what I hear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3318363, member: 19463"]All the brands including Canon and Nikon make more than one quality of lenses. For the most part you can tell the better ones by price. Tamron and Sigma both make excellent lenses which are probably overkill for coins. I would start using the lens that came with the camera and see if the lens is what limits your photos. You can always buy an upgrade later. I would like to see results from the Canon 55-250 cheap (about $160 new but sold for less and often cheaper used) zoom that is sometimes sold as a kit with a body and a 18-55 normal zoom. The 18-55 is not a bad lens but coins would be better with a longer focal length. Some kits have the old 75-300 which is not as good from what I hear.[/QUOTE]
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