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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Canadian penny this is exactly as this coin appears   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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ok another try with a Canadian penny  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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this is a 1965 silver dollar in plastic. I am getting closer to where I want to be. no editing just resizing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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2016 canadian 10 cent coin. no editing just resizing. smile directors are very interesting.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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tryed my slabbed coin again. smile directors definitely make a difference. I want to build a different one to try. I need to purchase a few pieces for China. I am working on rays coned cylinder one. that has the piece of opalux on the bottom end. I need some blacking to cause a shadow. a friend has given me a piece of weird plastic. belonged to a family member. I will try that later on another thread. here is my slabbed coin  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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getting closer to my goal. Canadian dime smile director.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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ok another try with the cone. extra light from 2 jansjo lamps low angle.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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beautiful pics. Always loved that REV design of the half.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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thank you Earle. I am working with the smile director cone. I find I am starting to really understand how these work. I did the american coin again that is slabbed.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Could you post a pic of your smile director cones mounted in the setup? I have spent the last hour re-reaging threads trying to ID what these items are and specifically how they work.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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sure Earle will do. I will take some photo and explain how I use the cone. but first trying out a ring light the coin is in a 2 x 2. the ring light has been attached. to a enlarger lens. this ring light looks pretty promising. but it is way to bright for what we want on coins. once I figured out how to dim the light down works great. no lens reflections either. plus this ring light is a great price in the USA. the ring light can be mounted on a lens 49 mm to 72 mm. all the adapters are supplied   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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made some changes to the cone smile director. I understand now. why ray tells us to calibrate these. to the coin we are photographing. this is a silver dollar 1965 lots of doubling. the doubling is on both sides of this coin. this coin is in a 2 x 2.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Earle42 posted on 7 Jul 2017: Quote:
Could you post a pic of your smile director cones mounted in the setup? I have spent the last hour re-reading threads trying to ID what these items are and specifically how they work. This would be very helpful. Also, what type of material does one use to make the director? Thanks! Mark
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  United States
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Mark...the basic diffusion material is Canson Opalux. Whether you put it over your Jansjo's directly like I show early in this thread, mount it to your lens as I've shown in other threads, or attach it to a section of a thread cone, the result is similar. So start with the Opalux and then experiment with the various ways to use it...Ray
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United States
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rocky, you are doing yourself proud. This is one of the few threads to which I am subscribed. Your pics are fabuloso! As to the set up configuration:  |
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