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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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One shouldn't struggle to enjoy one's collection.
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Pillar of the Community
Portugal
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Sharing is part of the enjoyment. Having most of a collection locked I a vault, I put much time into photographing the coins for my own enjoyment. I think I understand what you are saying.
Sometimes researching an unknown coin is even more enjoyable than acquiring it. And then there is a tale to tell.
Or you can try medals instead of coins. Each is more unique and they are usually well preserved all. It matters less if you use another photo of the same medal. I am planning on telling some stories about medals here. If I can acquire the one I am after :) But would be able to tell it with having and photographing that medal. It will be new information here because no one discussed that medal here yet.
I advise that you go back to your original problem, the photos. Telephone photos suck. HDR sucks. If you want really great photos you need a frame to fix the camera, good lenses, manual focus. Without it you will spend much time looking for the right focus each time you photograph a coin. Frustrating. You will trade material for time and need much patience. Autofocus with macro on cheap cameras is terrible.
Old and now cheap early pro or enthusiast cameras and macro lenses will do fine. Lenses are harder to find cheap. You only need macro lenses for near and very large photos. So you can use one with a regular lens and set it up further from the coin. Good for lighting too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not sure if you're struggling with enjoying your collection yourself, or struggling with how to get someone else to enjoy it? Maybe both? I had a perhaps similar experience recently. Made a very minor new discovery about Barber half dollar transition types, wondered how this happened only at the New Orleans mint, started digging into mint records on NNP, found that the anomaly likely originated with a specific die shipment, documented all the die pairs using those dies, etc. I really enjoyed going down the rabbit hole. Then I wrote it all up. Let it sit for a few days, read it again. Gosh, it's ten pages long. Is this more boring than watching paint dry on the internet? The first thought of half the people out there is "how much is it worth?", and nobody cares about the minutia of what was going on at the New Orleans mint in December 1900. I struggled to get over that feeling. I guess like classic_coin said, you'll never know unless you try it and see. Maybe you could solve part of your problem by finding a pro to take the pictures for you. I'm not sure if writing about your own collection and then using pictures of someone else's coins is a good way to go. If you end up doing something, post a link so we can check it out! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you struggle to enjoy your collection it's probably time to sell
It or put it in storage or revisit it.
If you want to share it, that's not really an enjoyment issue.
I think you have to enjoy it before you start sharing it, but take into consideration that most people care about what it looks like what it costs what it's worth. I'm not one that cares about minutia for the most part. But I do like to share on here, but I also understand that not many are interested in what I like.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well, if you feel that you can't take good enough pictures, perhaps you could find someone to take them for you?
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Valued Member
 United States
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Hello, Thank you so much for the replies, a lot of good advice and insight here as always. Quote:
I'm not sure if you're struggling with enjoying your collection yourself, or struggling with how to get someone else to enjoy it? Maybe both? There is a lot of truth to this statement. I think sharing my collection should be something I do here with people who also like coins rather then "out there" where most people could care less about coins. Quote:
If you want to share it, that's not really an enjoyment issue. I think I need to go back to basics here. Why did I want to collect coins in the first place? So, I could have something to pass down to my son. I don't collect anything rare or valuable and my son could care less about coins. I have learned a lot, both good and bad. Taking pictures of coins is just one small area of the hobby. I used to subscribe to Coin World magazine and would get a lot of good information from there, perhaps it is time to revisit that. I wrote something about my 1979 Proof set, took my time and had fun doing it. http://goccf.com/t/461009Maybe this is how I can share my collection and experiences. Rich Rich M. - Collector since 2008
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Why not start a facebook or instagram account for your coin collection? That keeps a chronological record of whatever you want to share about the collection that you can refer back to. It also shares the collection with interested parties through an algorithm that measures interest. The picture quality is something that you can work on at your own pace as it suits you. If you work on it, it should improve over time.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I've just read kbbpll's post. Couldn't agree more. This forum is the place to be because it's guaranteed that someone here will be interested in the research-rabbitholes we all go down from time to time. Makes me happy to know it.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'll just throw this out there; when one realizes that their hobby or collection is no longer of interest, not fun, becomes mental work/anguish/festering, etc, it's time to set it aside, forget about it, and then see if you come back to it with enthusiasm or a realization that you are done with it. If the latter, then developing an exit strategy is prudent as you do not want to leave your interests and dreams to someone else who may have no interest to figure it out.
Edited by Hunter611
04/10/2024 9:01 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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Well said, Hunter.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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I think I am going through that right now. I have been collecting for years it seems and I just spent a lot of money on more books, containers and items for my coins just to find out it's not even good or safe for them. Almost felt like throwing them out the door and having a pitty party personally. I'm still undecided on it because I'm OCD and I can't start on it now because it's not good for the coins. And this will drive me crazy, everything has to have order .....#128565;#8205;#128171;
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Moderator
United States
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I know that feeling, the need for order. I hope you are able to sort it out and get your coins properly moved into safer homes.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I joined this forum because I enjoy sharing and chatting about coins, which keeps the interest flowing. Levels of interest does flow in cycles, and has its ups and downs. A supportive community such as this one is an antidote to the low periods. The coins will not go away until you decide they must. Change happens to all of us. As for photos, it's not that hard to take decent pics with an ordinary camera. I do not own a smart phone, so cannot comment on that. But practice makes for better results. All I use are gooseneck lamps with full spectrum bulbs from Walmart, and a digital Fuji camera that is 20+ years old. Best of luck to you. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I have OCD Light, so I sympathize.  to the CCF! |
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