Replaced Junky 1.5 Mp Scope Camera With 5 Mp. Much Better.

The direct overhead lighting sucks for GSA and pretty much any slab. I need to set up a diffuser. Had the scope for quite some time and was using it with a cheap junky 1.5 MP camera that bit the dust. The 5MP takes MUCH better pictures and bigger view.

No, these are with scope + 5MP scope camera. The closest I can get without a scope is to put the 200mm on the Nikon and let 'er rip, but it's a pain to process.

paralyse, I can tell the difference just from looking at a couple of your previous posts.
Having a good imaging program like MontCollector pointed out, is really invaluable. Gimp is free, and I've used that, but I've had PaintShopPro 7 for quite awhile and it works great just to do some minor tweaking. I usually just adjust the brightness and contrast and maybe clarify the image slightly, because it's often difficult to get a true depiction of the coin just from a photograph alone. For me anyway.

I think a little brightness and contrast fiddling would do wonders for your images, because you surely have some nice coins. :)