Post some photos and tell us what camera gear you're using.

oldcameoproofsguy

I use a Canon Digital Rebel SLR with a Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lense.
I don't use a copy stand but I do use a very sturdy tripod.
If you saw what I use for lighting, you would laugh your a$$ off.

NGC PR65BN




ANACS au58




PCGS MS63

dthigpen

Nikon D100 SLR with Nikkor 105mm Macro Lens, utilizing a cable shutter release
Testrite C1SL Copy Stand w/ 2 Flex arm adjustable lamps equiped with 60W Reveal Bulbs.

lilmint

Here is some of my work with a Sony Cybershot 3.2 megapixel. For lights I used 60 watt GE Reveal bulbs in clip-on desk lamps from Wal-Mart.

TommyType

Nikon Coolpix 4200, small tripod, desk lamp

my lighting needs work

PCGS MS-66fsb

mgoodm3

Nikon D70 Digital SLR with Sigma 150mm macro lens. 300W quartz halogen lamps. Copystand.

kiyote

Sony DSC-V1 (5 megapixels) I've also got a macro lens for it, though I didn't use it for this shot, I'm more than happy with the quality.

kiyote

Reverse from my Capital Plastics 20th century type set.

TommyB

Nikon D70 Wins.

rip

Olympus C720, 100w Safeway

cosmicdebris

Canon Digital Rebel SLR with a Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lense. Copy Stand and 2 Photo Flex 500 watt starlites.

kiyote

Daaaang, Cosmicdebris! Very nice shots. Nice shots all around.

mademan

THANKS ---THANKS -----THANKS ---I still don't have a camera and this thread was very helpful to see what different cameras are capable of.I understand the camera is only pary of the equation but this is the part I needed help with ====thanks again /Don/the digital mademan

ibzman350

Nikon 8700, testrite copy stand.................dissassembled the lights that attach at a 45% angle

and hand hold the light to as close as vertical to the coin as I can get......

Sylvania par 30 (2) bulbs











Herb

MadMarty

Canon G5, copystand, 3 75 watt bulbs in desklamps.

You can see my photos here...

LeeG

Nikon CoolPix 5700, no special lens, Testrite C1SL Copy Stand w/ 2 Flex arm adjustable lamps equipped with Sylvania 75W PAR30LN Halogen Bulbs:

ecos

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20, hand held, one articulated desk lamp, Compact Halogen bulb (energy efficient bulb), a small sheet of glass (5x9in), and a semi-circular screen of cardboard covered in white paper (to help with my lack of lighting)
1903-S 10 Centavo (raw)

Smittys

Toshiba PDR-3300 60 watts bulb in lamp.
1st attempt.. Think I had more luck the first time


Second attempt

pharmer

Nikon 4200 held in my right hand, macro mode, coin held in my left hand about 12 inches below a single 50w Reveal bulb in gooseneck desk lamp. Coin on its way back from PCGS in ms66fl slab.

JRocco

Nikon Coolpix 4200, handheld using 1 OTT bulb, 1 Reveal bulb and overhead fluorescent's. I will never get the white balance to work properly.

cosmicdebris

Great images everyone.

Here's my rig:

Craton

I use a 5 year old Toshiba PDR-M60. Hand held, no macro lense. Not the best images in the world but not bad for what is now a pretty cheap camera.

DominusDeus

Taken with my Nikon Coolpix 2000 (yay 2 megapixel....)






My setup, if you can even call it that:



The camera lays on top of the Rubix cube, so it can be kept steady. Yea, real fancy set-up.

RGT

<< <i>I use a Canon Digital Rebel SLR with a Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lense. >>



I use the same camera and lens, but I also use a Testrite copy stand. For lighting I usually use one Reveal bulb, but sometimes use OTT lights or Sylvania Daylight Pluss bulbs.

DenverDave

I use a Nikon CoolPix 4300, 4 MB, Macro, two reveal and one Ott type light...









The 4300 is a great little Camera ( fits in your shirt pocket ) only down side is it has a slight delays in focusing and next photo...

Not a big deal with coins but I use it fly fishing and it can be a pain but Ive learned to work around it...

lordmarcovan

Sony Mavica. With the flash. And I was wearing a headlamp. And it was a half moon.

Taken while I was out on a detecting expedition to the boonies, in the middle of the night.

Hey, it gets purty dark out there.

jdsinva

I just knew there were UFOs!!!!

dizzyfoxx

Mike, there's only three words that come to mind every time I see images of your 1882 Indian cent... "I Want It"

That is such an over-all pristine example in my opinion with the technical quality and the toning.

Windycity

I use a Nikon Coolpix 995 mounted on a Meiji Mircoscope.

Fairlaneman

Old Sony FD-73. Hand held with the one halogen light usually coming in from 12 to 3 depending on the coin.





Ken

prooflike

Kodak Easyshare CX6330 on my dining room table w/a 60w bulb abd a 40w bulb.

A proof coin


A copper coin


A tiny toned coin

cosmicdebris

Awesome trout pics.

USAROK

All these photos were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 3200 and 2 Ott Lights.

The TLC Early Commemoratives Collection

mdwoods

Very nice Albany and Gettysburg, USAROK.

Dabigkahuna

Free hand.

Sony Mavica MVC-FD91 w/14X lens and using a 1.44 floppy. Shot with my desk lamp on top of my keyboard. I wish I could get them all to look like this!


Larry
Dabigkahuna

Craton

<< <i>Awesome trout pics. >>



For real!

jdsinva

Man, the UFO is gone. . .I knew I should have taken a picture of it. . .I bet Lord M has a picture of it!

ibzman350

That is one hell of a pic, just handes down my 4300 to the wife,


It is a great little camera....



But please tell.........................how did you get that fish to hold still under Ott light???





Herb

stev32k

Nikon D70, Nikkor 60mm, f2.8 micro - two 60W par 30 bulbs using a copy stand.

DenverDave

<< <i>





That is one hell of a pic, just handes down my 4300 to the wife,


It is a great little camera....



But please tell.........................how did you get that fish to hold still under Ott light???





Herb >>



He was very photogenic and did not mind the light, it was the 3 miles of extension cords that was a bear...

ibzman350

Herb