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rujam Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 1:32 pm This is sooooo COOL! O.K. you know I love to take photos with my digital camera and microsope. Well I told my wife that I would love to MAP this entire Morgan dollar I have, so that I can see in great detail every single VAM line and error. I found this progam called AutoStitch! http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autost...ostitch.html This allows me to perfectly blend my very close (large) pics together There are many tweaks I have to get used to, but I'll have it down in no time. the photos here are an example. They are different sizes and lighting. But you can see the black shadow of the lens where the photo is blended. What you can also see is the most important areas where the letters are, is blended perfectly! So here is a link to the very Large pic, and I will post the small ones here. http://www.msnusers.com/Walkingonth...o&PhotoID=18 Thanks for Looking Image: morganERTchat2.jpg 43.68 KB Image: morganTYchat3.jpg 56.39 KB Image: Panochat1.jpg 28.44 KB Report this Post to the Staff

rujam Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 1:35 pm http://groups.msn.com/WalkingontheS...o&PhotoID=18 This one should work Report this Post to the Staff
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 3:30 pm Cool toy you have there rujam ;) Report this Post to the Staff
Gryphonfoot New Member United States 15 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 3:52 pm Rujam, Just curious what kind a microscope you use? Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 4:15 pm We live near several beautiful mountain ranges. Best we have been able to do photographically is buy one of the cheap "panoramic" cameras to shoot the mountains. Now, thanks to your input, we try try another technique. Report this Post to the Staff
OldDan Pillar of the Community United States 1203 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 9:47 pm very nice, but way beyond my limited range of abilities. I do enjoy looking however! So, thanks for posting. Report this Post to the Staff
rujam Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 02/15/2006 11:57 pm Thanks for taking a look. Glad you like this, because I intend to use this tool for a long while! The microscope I use I bought about 8 years ago. It has no name on it that I have seen, but it was meant for scientific use. 3 settings 4x, 10x, 20x . It also has a light under the item you are looking at, but with coins I don't really need that I do have a pic of it With my Daughter. Image: morganASHMICRO1.jpg 46.54 KB Image: My Microscope.jpg 18.5 KB Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/16/2006 09:36 am I'm going to give this a shot with my QX5. I wonder how big the image of a whole coin would be at 200x? Edited by SsuperDdave 02/16/2006 09:49 am Report this Post to the Staff
rujam Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 02/16/2006 5:42 pm That is the question isn't it Superdave. I found out the 4x means 40x, 10x means 100x, and 20x means 200x . At 100x I believe the complete stitched image would be the size of a very VERY large poster! But in this age we live in, strictly for my own pleasure I wonder if I could get it done at a Kinkos? Report this Post to the Staff
errorfinder Valued Member United States 380 Posts	Posted 04/25/2006 4:38 pm rujam .thanks for sharing. going to give it a try.anyone have any updates? ... i'am using the QX5 myself anyone done any large print outs using this recently ? ...i'll let ya'all know how it turns out for me. thanks again to rujam for posting this info , picture and the link to the free demo version of this way coooool software. looking forward to playing around with it Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 04/25/2006 7:44 pm Can you imagine if they use that technology for coin athentication wow a microscopic piece of dust would land on it and change the grade Report this Post to the Staff
mitburke New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 04/26/2006 09:44 am Very cool pictures. I have taken many pictures through a microscope, but I never really thought about turning the lens on my coins. Some numismitist I am! Report this Post to the Staff
thekidcollector Forum Kid Kuwait 1523 Posts	Posted 04/26/2006 09:51 am Wow! Awesome Edditing and Cross stitching Up sooooo close!!!! Report this Post to the Staff
errorfinder Valued Member United States 380 Posts	Posted 04/28/2006 8:24 pm update to auto stitch softwarehttp://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autost...ostitch.html well I put ol' abe under the scope @ 60X snapped off 12 pictures using QX5 scope, ran them through auto stitch and whoa-la 10 seconds later, it had put them all togather seemlessly sooooo cool ..haven't done the whole coin yet this was just a 'test run' so far grrrreat results.the possiblities are mind boggle~~~~~ing~~~~~~. Download Attachment: 12.ingodwetrust.jpg 54.13 KB Report this Post to the Staff
TLS5933 Pillar of the Community United States 1703 Posts	Posted 04/28/2006 8:34 pm Wow.... Report this Post to the Staff
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