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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gixxxer, post: 470809, member: 13268&quot;]Hi dhegler. Like Collect89, I also have a Dillon Precision Scale. Mine is a &quot;D-Terminator&quot; that was purchased at a local gun shop for $160. So far it seems to be a good scale. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As far as cameras go, I use a Kodak EasyShare Z1285. I purchased the camera from Office Depot for $150. To get good pictures of coins, I set the camera on a tripod and put it into &quot;macro&quot; mode. Then I hold a homemade macro lens in front of the camera&#039;s lens. The hardest part is to keep still, as the more you magnify a picture, the slighter the movement it will take to blur the picture. I made my homemade macro lens from the main tube/ lens, out of an old broken 75mm - 300mm zoom lens that was from one of my 35mm film cameras.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One other way, is fairly simple and good for when you don&#039;t have a camera. You can use the camera on your cellphone to get some pretty amazing shots. I&#039;ll use the zoom function on my cellphone&#039;s camera, and hold a loup (7x, or 16x) in front it&#039;s lens. Of course, the better the quality of the camera in the cellphone, the better the quality of the pictures you can get. :smile </p><p>The third picture is one of the better ones that i&#039;ve taken with a cellphone (Motorola Razr v3xx - 1.3 megapixel), in this manner. Even though it&#039;s not a picture of a coin, you should be able to tell that the method works for getting good, close up details.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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