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Valued Member
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Hey, I will take a new set of pictures with this coin tomorrow. I am at work currently and my new picture set-up stuff just came in the post this evening  Stay tuned, CoinAdvocate |
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Valued Member
United States
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Note: can you do a close-up of the "S" mint mark on the coin pictured here? I will do so tomorrow, hopefully my new camera set-up that was purchased was worth the money CoinAdvocate |
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I'd open all of 'em. But that's just me. I wouldn't be able to sleep otherwise. Truth! I would stay up all night looking through them if I could.  |
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United States
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Apologies,
I'm having trouble getting this new setup working. Secondly, I went to storage (where I -thought- all my wheaties were...) and it turns out I forgot about several pounds of silver and just totally random -awesome- stuff! Now I'm just stuck looking at new old coins lol. I'm sure you can all understand. I will keep trying to get the new setup to work, please be patient.
Thanks,
CoinAdvocate
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Take your time. We will be here when you are ready!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 No hurry. I'll just fill up on popped corn here. |
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United States
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Hey, This is the best I could do with the new set up. I'm really having trouble getting a quality image to upload when restricted to 300kb. I've followed the tutorials on this site and even am using an app to cut down the size but am still having trouble...300kb is just so small.  Thanks, CoinAdvocate |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It takes alot of experimentation to get the photo thing right. Trial & error is the best way to iron out the bugs, but it
is definitely doable. You photo of the mint mark is clear & in focus but the light source and resulting shadows
are not ideal to see a possible RPM, ie; shadows are on all 4 sides. keep trying on the photos, it is the best way
to see errors on coins, and to get help here on the site.
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United States
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Thanks for the encouragement, I've invested in several different devices and just can't seem to get the right look out of the images. I'll keep trying!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I've invested in several different devices and just can't seem to get the right look out of the images. I'll keep trying! What are you taking the pictures with? My camera is under $100 on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nk...600&_sacat=0I suspect your using a MUCH higher MP than 6, but that's all I personally need for web pictures. I crop and resize to about 1000x1000 pixels and the file size is always under 200k. Your pictures have been highly compressed to the point where they're blocky. I use Paint Shop Pro to edit my pictures - it's very easy and the program is cheap on ebay. Light is also important, I use one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ie=UTF8&th=1Edited by BadThad
10/15/2024 7:43 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Edited by BadThad
10/15/2024 7:48 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My full size pictures typically look like this - same camera, same setup, same crop and resize to 1000x1000 pixels:   Edited by BadThad
10/15/2024 7:53 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Using my S23+ and then shrinking them down with an app on the phone. For really close up shots I have a little coin microscope I bought, looks like this:  As you can see I've bought a few things to try and help... Most importantly: my succulent in a hedgehog pot |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Do you have a PC for image editing? Obviously the phone app is hurting you. As I said before, if you serious about quality coin pictures, for under $200 you'd have everything you need.
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