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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 5174951, member: 105098&quot;]Hi Todd, I&#039;m no photography expert or even an enthusiast really, so I won&#039;t be too helpful, I take pictures with my phone and an application for zooming in and cropping.&nbsp; just didn&#039;t want to keep you hanging.</p><p><br /></p><p>From personal experience doing what I do, I feel a solid white or black background is best, I use a soda bottle cap as a pedestal for the coin to move it into the foreground a bit and cage how the light is hitting the coin by the shadow, and one light source is more useful than multiple sources of light from a few angles which is harder to control the shadows and flashes. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the camera goes, A tripod or stand that keeps it totally stable is a must in my opinion, image stabilization is only going to get you so far I think, but then again, I use a cellphone for coin pictures, a DSLR might be way better, then there&#039;s lenses, and speeds and all that jazz,,,, I have no idea about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure someone knows some things, there is a coin photography thread on here somewhere, with some nerd talk about it. LOL. I know i&#039;ve seen it, just can&#039;t find it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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