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Just posted something about this on another topic. Canon offers it with all camera's and its name is EOS utility. I have it working with a macro lens and the pics are very good. Just have to be careful with settings when tethering it to computer. Would post a few examples but to new to site.
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Pillar of the Community
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 welcome to the forum Amadus...I am using the EOS utillity, I'm just "NEW" to my "NEW" camera and its technology... Like CitizenPatriot, with this new gear, I am getting good results but the color is still not there and the luster of my example coin I use to reference adjustment success and failures by..All the photo's above lack the luster, but are decent pics...however I would dump them all in the trash can as they don't do the coin's any justice...As I am not using a dedicated Macro lens right now, and don't wish to spend a bunch more of money on a good real prime macro lens and "TRY" and learn the new gear I'm simply trying to learn how to use what I do have....I'll work on a better lens later.. but for now I am realizing,,,,,and perhaps you can comment or anyone...I always have the same settings..also the same distance from the lens to the camera...around 6 inches... I notice these 2 distinct things...some pictures are saved full screen and others the coin is small requiring zooming in before cropping... after the cropping..the image size is very small on the non full screen shots.. but for the full screen saved shots... viewing the types of captured shots, the small ones after cropping pixle out and loose detail when enlarging,, while the full screen shots..enlarge nicely with no degredation... I'm not sure why some are saved full screen and some not? my last post shows a full macro shot got saved in full screen,, while others didn't....hmmmm Ive only had this for 2 weeks now so Its a whole new ball game considering I had the old camera spot on... |
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New Member
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When I first got the EOS utility I was having a great many issues with it. It is a very fussy program. A friend of mine actually suggested re-booting it on occasion when it did not work properly. You really need to have all your drivers updated on your computer especially for the video card. First what version of the EOS Utility are you running, do you have the latest upgrade? What computer operating system are you using? Windows 64 or 32 bit or are you running mac?
I agree with you that in many cases the pics do not come out as expected even when viewing on the screen and then clicking and getting something a little different.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I recently had to upgrade this old box to some newer guts..Now I'm using a Phenom 6 core with all new drivers on the system, having fun learning to shoot better photo's of Morgan's. ..just to catalog some things...The colore of the coins I get are good on my end, but when I post them they are off....when I upload and recheck my post they are different and I'm not sure why...
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New Member
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This is a practice pic I re-sized using program on site. Taken with the glass at 45 angle with light reflecting off glass. Original size was 3 mb's as a jpg., 20 mbs as a raw file! So does not reflect true look but again trying to figure how to get best image on site.  |
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Another test  |
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Two more   |
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New Member
United States
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Here is the same quarter shot a little differently, its all in the lighting.  |
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New Member
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And here are two more. So you can see what lighting can do to a coin.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice shots..I have read about Tim's posts Havent had the time to play with his exact setup,Thanks for sharing, very crisp photo's  what lens's are you using? I forgot what you posted |
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New Member
United States
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Bought a Canon 50D about 4 years ago (need to upgrade to a 7D which is a very good camera) and got some great lens. I use a tamron macro lens SP D1 which got some good reviews. Also have a couple of single magnifiers I can attach to any lens for closer stuff if I want it. Don't want to go off topic but you know how you will see a small black spider on a web or window and it looks really like nothing but something black, Well use a macro lens on it and this is what they actually look like close up. Took this through a patio door glass. Take note to the two eyes on the bottom.  |
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AAAAAARGH! SPIDAR!  |
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United States
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amazing photos aladinslamp...my sony has a vid plug that goes directly to a plug in my laptop that looks like s-video - of course, I can't find the cord to try it out. I never thought of using the print screen function like that - really clever idea!
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Sorry Dave, did not mean to scare you with the spider. I was just amazed at the color it had and the eyes are really wild at the bottom . Could not have been more then a half inch big but with the macro looks rather large.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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while many photo's are very nice, it Morgan 1924 is very over lighted, no true representing of the true coin..I still haven't had time to play with Tim's ideas...the Indian cent lighting is too lighted in the upper half, of your pic...As I said I haven't had the time time to play with Tim's ideas of reflected glass light. the sheet glass you put at 45 degrees....between the lens and the coin...While it works in some instances it is not a fix all for all concepts... |
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