Anyone Else Have A Desk Like This?

I have one of those corner desks that is about 3 foot each way and even though I would love to tell you it was cluttered with coins, its not. Its cluttered with everything else. The coins usually stay in boxes or tubes. I do have a few Morgans laying here and there but the majority of my desk clutter is papers and other things that I use pretty regularly

I have an "L shaped" desk that houses my computer, TV, etc. My work space is limited so I can only put out what I am currently working on.

Right now, I am waiting on more supplies to come in so I can take all my coins out of the albums and put them in 2x2s. Then those go in long boxes where they will be sorted and can be easily handled.

The tote you see with all the 2x2s are foreign and US coins - got lots more to do besides those albums, but can only take out a little at a time because of space.

WOW SuperDave.......I am impressed. And jealous! You can really take good pics and then see those coins enlarged to appreciate them more. You have a great set up there.

Too bad I was born beautiful instead of rich. I would copy off of you.

I'm pretty serious about coin photography, Cajunlady. For me, the investment is worth it. In truth, though, I only have about $2500 invested in photography equipment; plenty of members here will spend that much on a single coin.

Just for the fun of it, here's the imaging process at work:



The wire dangling in front of the Asus is a direct USB connection from the camera to the computer. I control the camera completely from the keyboard/mouse, and do not touch it after initial setup. On the Asus you see Canon's ZoomBrowser software; the small box on the top right is where I set the parameters of the shot - ISO, exposure, white balance, everything. With the Rodagon, aperture is set at the lens, but I could control it as well were the lens electronically-linked to the camera as a stock Canon lens would be. The image on the Asus is the last one shot.

On the Dell is the coin I'm shooting, shown in real time exactly as the camera sees it right now. The detail image in the box is what I use for focusing; I blow that up to full size to focus, but I downsized it so you could see that it also presents the full-sensor image, allowing me to ensure that the coin is centered and rotated properly.

The exact setup you see on the Dell resulted in this image, an untouched .jpg downsized to 25% but with no other processing:



Chances are it won't display full size on your monitor; even at 25% it's still 1296x864 pixels. The Rodagon is so sharp that I don't actually use Canon's .jpg processing as seen here (the resulting image is literally *too* sharp); I shoot RAW and convert that exactly with the slightest bit of sharpening in some cases. This LWC won't be one of those cases.

It would be my pleasure to host you. However, as I live outside Atlantic City, NJ, you'll need to plan on a bit of a commute....

Golly, I'd have done this a long time ago if I knew that was all it took to get women interested in me.

Not just the women intrested, great set up and info. I'd like more info but don't know where to start.

YES,my desk is always cluttered like that(almost always)
My wife is always after me to "clean it up" so that she can finish dusting