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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 797869, member: 19463&quot;]It will probably do it but I doubt it will do it well.&nbsp; You have had several opinions given above but none IMHO worse than what you seek is something that can get really close.&nbsp; 0.2&quot; is really close.&nbsp; My wife&#039;s $125 point and shoot only goes to half an inch and the sample here is what you get (uncropped but reduced to fit here) of this cent size coin (AE3 Roman) at that distance.&nbsp; You have no freedom to light the coin since there is no free space in which to arrange lights.&nbsp; This uses a halogen light from the top and a reflector on the bottom.&nbsp; The light is harsh and uneven.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/121436949.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To make this easier, what you need is a camera that can fill the frame with the coin not at a half inch but at six inches.&nbsp; Then you can move the lights around and get what you want.&nbsp; Even at a half inch this one takes in a field big enough to shoot a half dollar.&nbsp; What matters is not how close you can get but how big a picture you can make from how small a subject.&nbsp; Take a penny to the store and find a camera that will fill the frame from the greatest distance, not the closest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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