What is the secret for taking good pictures of coins?

[aaa30040]

Everyone here takes such good quality pictures of their coins and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. What's the secret?

[bman]

good lighting and use the macro setting on the camera, it looks like a flower.

[rulesforrebels]

I always wondered the same thing. I tried macro setting on my camera and still wasn't having much luck, the lightingis tricky. A flsh will make it look bad but its also tough finding any other good lighting situations.

What I started doing was scanning the images and they come out as good if not better than any others I see on websites or ebay. I just have a cheap $30 cannon scanner printer, copier from walmart that works great

[reddirtcoins]

I just use my iphone

Look at this thread on another site.
http://www.lincolncentresource.net/foru ... php?t=4037

[Thogey]

I use a epson 310 scanner. 89 bucks at wally world.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

A decent camera with a great macro setting and the hit and miss in using the flash or other light sources....once you find the right combination...you'll have great coin pictures!

[John_doe]

The original iPhone is very low res and no flash.

Iphone 3g or better


Or...

Buy a nice camera and light it well

[Lemon Thrower]

any scanner is a lot easier than a camera. if you use a camera, definitely figure out the macro setting. its usually indicated by a tulip-flower shaped icon.