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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 3953878, member: 24091"]Like several others, I have owned both Nikon and Canon digital SLR camera rigs for shooting coins. The Canon hardware included their entry level macro lens. The Canon photo quality was inferior to an inexpensive Nikon CoolPix in close-up mode costing half as much. </p><p><br /></p><p>I eventually threw the whole group of Canon T1i equipment up on eBay which fetched about $400 at the time (a true gift looking back now) and after a few years messing with a P835 CoolPix which served me well, bought another SLR, this time a Nikon entry level SLR kit costing $400 including a standard and telephoto lens. The standard lens takes pretty nice photos of coins, and without having to make adjustments between shots, an important consideration if you are shooting a series of coins and don't want to spend a month of Sundays messing around with focus etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 3953878, member: 24091"]Like several others, I have owned both Nikon and Canon digital SLR camera rigs for shooting coins. The Canon hardware included their entry level macro lens. The Canon photo quality was inferior to an inexpensive Nikon CoolPix in close-up mode costing half as much. I eventually threw the whole group of Canon T1i equipment up on eBay which fetched about $400 at the time (a true gift looking back now) and after a few years messing with a P835 CoolPix which served me well, bought another SLR, this time a Nikon entry level SLR kit costing $400 including a standard and telephoto lens. The standard lens takes pretty nice photos of coins, and without having to make adjustments between shots, an important consideration if you are shooting a series of coins and don't want to spend a month of Sundays messing around with focus etc.[/QUOTE]
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