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nolawyer Pillar of the Community United States 763 Posts	Posted 05/09/2010 5:32 pm I just have a Canon Powershot Camera and I've gotten pretty good at taking straight on photos of raw coins using natural light. I am still having a hard time with slabbed coins. I always seem to get the reflection of the camera in the shot. It is particularly bad with untoned silver and nickel coins. Any suggestions? Report this Post to the Staff

Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 05/09/2010 11:48 pm Hello no, place the camera on manual mode, use ordinary or usual lighting and go for delayed/time exposure, probably half a second to one second would do. Its just to avoid the flash and you can get the sharpness and accuracy hit & miss or trial and error method Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 05/10/2010 10:38 am I'm going to depart from my usual recommendations for this. Point-and-shoot cameras are slightly more forgiving than dSLR's regarding macro depth-of-field; aim for just a very little angle between lens and coin for shooting slabs. Like, a toothpick under one end of the slab. That should get the camera out of the picture. Report this Post to the Staff
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