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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Poll Question
From my perspective, digital photography has really enhanced my ability, as a collector, to evaluate and enjoy coins of all sorts. The level of detail readily available at a moment's notice is incredible. How to you feel about digital photography and coin collecting? How has it affected your enjoyment of the hobby? I feel digital photography has: Results
| had a major impact on the hobby and my enjoyment of it. |
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75% |
27 Votes |
| had some impact from my perspective. |
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17% |
6 Votes |
| had little impact from my perspective. |
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8% |
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| had a negative impact from my perspective. |
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Total Votes: 36 Counted
Last Vote:
09/19/2007 11:05 pm Edited by hunter20ga
08/13/2007 3:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Czech Republic
803 Posts |
Digital photography greatly enhanced this hobby for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
I have to agree that it has quite an impact as nearly all of my collection at any point in time is not at home. Decent pictures can allow me to enjoy the coins without having to have them in hand all the time.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
I enjoy the photographic end of the hobby as much as the actual collecting. Maybe more.  |
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Valued Member
United States
402 Posts |
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I enjoy the photographic end of the hobby as much as the actual collecting. Maybe more.
I agree  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
For me it's been the education. Only on the internet can I share a photo and learn some finer points about a series I know little about from so many other users.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1173 Posts |
Yeah, Ken, I know what you're talking about. It's been very helpful for me, getting back into the hobby, to share coins I've got questions about and get opinions from a broad variety of people.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I agree that digital photography has been a boom for coin collecting. Myself, I have well over 25 cameras and 5 are digital. I have a dark room from the old film days. Hundreds of lenses, flash units, studio lights, numerous tripods and so far have only taken one or two photos of coins. I have the coins so just can't see a reason to take a photo of them. People, animals, trees, cities, etc all change but my coins don't change. So no photos required. What I like is the ability to look in a book or a web site for a photo explaining a coin. I just don't know what I'd do with photos of my coins. Well it's nice day yet so I'll go out and take a photo of one of my cars.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Czech Republic
803 Posts |
I've spent over an hour tonight working with balancing the lights with adjusting the ISO, shutter and aperture while shooting different types of coins (today was mostly proofs / PL pieces). I love the process and the added dimension that photography brings to coin collecting for me. At the end of the night, I ended-up saving this shot of a 1960 Canadian PL dollar:  ~Roman |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I enjoy the photographic end of the hobby as much as the actual collecting. Maybe more.
Me too! In fact I've started to think about buying coins for their potential photographic portraits, rather than for other reasons such as value or investments. It's a wonderful match. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
TwoKopeiki...that is a fantastic shot! Love it.
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Pillar of the Community
Czech Republic
803 Posts |
Thanks, Hunter. Until last night I didn't know that the Indian was nude...
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~Roman
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1267 Posts |
Greatly enhanced it IMHO. A picture is worth a thousand words...
Ben
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Member
United States
703 Posts |
LOL, As A photographer, I enjoy the coin collecting end much, much, much, more than the photo end. It is way to much like work for me.
Now with that said, yea digital photography has totally changed coin collecting. There is so much information (photos) available now. A great learning tool,
Error collectors are loving it because some same barely noticeable errors now can be seen very clearly with good photography.
Buying coins from bad photos, then taking a great photo of a coin and flipping it, is profitable.
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08/14/2007 10:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
You make a good point, Errorcoins. I would suppose that ebay could not exist in its current format without digital photography. And taking advantage of different capabilities of photographers can certainly be profitable. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Roman that is one heck of a nice shot. Appears like it was well worth the time. I do appreciate photos of coins and agree with the necessity of using digital photos if using the internet for sales. Myself, I just can't imagine what I'd do with photos of my coins. I have virtually thousands of digital photos of family, friends, neighbors, vacations, houses, etc.,etc.,etc. Those are great since things like that change. Sorry, I just can't imagine what I'd do with photos of my coins.
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Posted 08/13/2007 3:28 pm
