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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 2:37 pm Thought I might as well start a thread about cameras that you use to capture awesome coin photos. I've been using this camera for probably a couple of years. I do own a DSLR camera but I am not a big fan of it due to it's weight plus it takes a fair bit of effort to set it up. You'll also need dedicated lens to take close up photos. At the same time, I'll like to show that you don't need an expensive camera to take good photos. I've been using a few different cameras and the most recent is Pentax Optio W90. The one before is Ricoh. Don't really quite remember what I had before that - probably a Panasonic lumix which I struggled to take decent macro photo. I've been clocking up to close to 4000 photos on the Pentax camera and I've got good reason to like it. It's a 12.1 mp camera and it's got a super macro which focuses it down to 1cm. I also like how the lens is integrated with the camera - if you live in a dusty enviroment, it can cause a bit of a grief. I had a camera where the lens was jammed due to dust and it was a write off. It is dust proof and shock proof but that doesn't mean that you go and bash it up... water proof as well but I haven't tried it out yet. I also like the read / write time - it's fast enough for what I do and this is taking multiples of photos before I make up my mind. You may want to read this review here: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRO...90/OW90A.HTM Personally I find it hard to beat the price of around 300 dollars when it was first out. It was a present from my dad as he knows that I take a lot of photos. Appearently you can get it around 150 dollars or a lot less if you are willing to go second hand. What camera do you use? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff

52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8517 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 5:40 pm Do you have some pics we can see ? Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 09/21/2013 12:42 pm Here's some examples in raw form - not edited in any way. India - showing the wood grain streak effect http://gxseries.com/dump/IMGP3421.jpg http://gxseries.com/dump/IMGP3422.jpg Brazil http://gxseries.com/dump/IMGP3698.jpg http://gxseries.com/dump/IMGP3699.jpg All of them are about 4mb each. I'm quite happy with the result of them. Does the job although I might need to adjust the lighting and contrast at times. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 09/21/2013 1:27 pm Nice coins! The India coin looks sharp in the middle, but out of focus top and bottom due to tilt. Did you tilt it on purpose for lighting? The Brazil looks flatter, but still not as sharp at the edges than the middle. Do you know why? Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 09/21/2013 11:56 pm I've tilted the Indian coin purposely to show the grain effect. I think there are limitations on the camera itself as it focus in the center plus I have it up close. I guess the whole exercise is to illustrate that you don't really need an expensive camera or SLR camera to take good photos. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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