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Francs
Almost entitled this Francs for the Memories, since Euros are IN now. Or maybe "Francly, my dear ..." At any rate, the 20 Centimes piece atop the pile is 15/16ths of an inch in diameter, more or less. This is with an ancient Soligor 70-220mm C/D macro-zoom lens in manual mode, on a Pentax istDS with AE (aperture preferred), manual focus ... at a distance of 4 inches at 70mm. This lens will focus to 1 inch at 220mm. Not bad for a 30+ year-old lens! Lighting was indirect sunlight filtering through venetian blinds in a 6x6-foot window about 8 feet from the coins, in the direction of upper left of the photo. Aperture f5.6, shutter 1/250th.
Francs
Almost entitled this Francs for the Memories, since Euros are IN now. Or maybe "Francly, my dear ..." At any rate, the 20 Centimes piece atop the pile is 15/16ths of an inch in diameter, more or less. This is with an ancient Soligor 70-220mm C/D macro-zoom lens in manual mode, on a Pentax istDS with AE (aperture preferred), manual focus ... at a distance of 4 inches at 70mm. This lens will focus to 1 inch at 220mm. Not bad for a 30+ year-old lens! Lighting was indirect sunlight filtering through venetian blinds in a 6x6-foot window about 8 feet from the coins, in the direction of upper left of the photo. Aperture f5.6, shutter 1/250th.