Shopping for camera

[papascoins]

I am looking for a digital camera with a macro mode to take pics of whole coins. (Not necessarily through a microscope), but able to be mounted to a Lighthouse stand, and take a decent picture of a whole coin.
I'm not trying to get a real expensive one right now, but I am willing to hear from anyone who has a used one for sale. Or can someone lead me to a place that sells with reasonable pricing?

Please PM me or post on this thread.

Thank you very much for any replies.

(Sorry if this post should be in 'Trading Post').

[jcuve]

You might try going to a photo store, or a department store where you can experiment with cameras for sale. Take a bottle cap or something and photograph the coins. Take the model number down of any that you like.

Try Cnet.com and find the camera and see if you can locate a slightly older version of the camera and see if one is on eBay used. I find that Canon and Nikon make the best cameras. I suspect you can find a used model from two years or so ago that will do what you need.