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brenpickle Pillar of the Community United States 836 Posts	Posted 02/17/2012 02:21 am Can anyone show me a picture of their set up and explain each thing. My budget is pretty much unlimited, but try to keep it reasonable. I don't really want to drop five figures on it when their are plenty of coins I want, but if you can't share good pics of them then their is lesser reason to have them, so I am willing to spend enough to do it right. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 02/17/2012 05:09 am there are many pictures of peoples setups in this section of the forum, if you dig around I am sure you will find many, or maybe someone will repost them here for you. The most common light being used on this forum is the 9.00 jansjo led lamps from Ikea and all different types of cameras from point and shoot to dSLR cameras. The lighting and the tripod or copy stand to keep the camera steady is two of the most important parts Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 02/17/2012 07:24 am bren...You have basically 4 ways to go: USB camera; Point and Shoot with macro mode; DSLR with dedicated macro lens; or DSLR with bellows. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but since you have a good budget to work with you probably want to rule out USB and Point and Shoot and go the DSLR route. If you go this way, you will actually do better, and pay less money, for a bellows setup than a dedicated macro lens, but this will limit you to "studio" work since you generally don't want to carry a camera with bellows around. Do you want this just for coins, or is it also for general photography? If only for coins, then I would suggest looking at this thread: https://goccf.com/t/87392 edited for grammar and to add 4th method of USB camera Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Edited by rmpsrpms 02/17/2012 07:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
brenpickle Pillar of the Community United States 836 Posts	Posted 02/17/2012 12:33 pm Bryan Thanks for the suggestion on lamps. I have notice from reading a lot of people use them and them seem to be really affordable so I will probably pick a couple up. rmpsrpms thanks for referencing me to that link, I had looked at it and was noticing the bellow route was bulky. I would rather it to be able to take other photography since DSLR cameras can get a little pricey (you get what you pay for) and just use a dedicated macro lens. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/17/2012 1:28 pm Quote: rmpsrpms thanks for referencing me to that link, I had looked at it and was noticing the bellow route was bulky. I would rather it to be able to take other photography since DSLR cameras can get a little pricey (you get what you pay for) and just use a dedicated macro lens. We'll make it simple, then. Buy any random Canon dSLR, and a Canon 100mm Macro lens (no need for the image-stabilized "L" version). ....profit. Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 02/17/2012 2:25 pm I think the pics that Nolawyer posted from his new Canon SX40 is pretty sweet. For $380 or so, that's not a bad way to go either. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
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