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Valued Member
United States
236 Posts |
I'm just about to purchase a QX5 on ebay for just under $90. I like the idea of being able to view the coin a lot better on the PC, without messing up my eyes for hours using a loupe. I know that some of you use it, just wondering your feedback. Are you satisfied with it? Does it shoot "adequate" pics? I can't afford a scope like CC & others, though I wish I could. I'm just looking for efficiency & clarity. Thanks, Eric
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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cg, like all new toys, it'll take some time and practice. Well worth it and takes great pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Hi, I think for the price, it does a decent job--despite its quirks with lighting and rough focus controls. Outside of a few concerns, I'm quite happy with it--especially for the reduced eyestrain of simply placing a coin under the QX5, and viewing on my monitor.  And it does decent screen captures too--here are a few recent pics: This is a composite built from a QX5 photo:  Another of an IHC RPD:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1353 Posts |
I like it very much. Takes some time to get the hang of it.
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Valued Member
 United States
236 Posts |
Nice pics. I guess you can't beat the price. I think I'll try it. If not satisfied, there's a 30 day return policy.
Again Thanks,
Eric
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Valued Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Hi all. I just recently purchased a QX5 too. It's a nice piece but I am having problems with the lighting. Sometimes there are too much shadows or too much brightness even if I control the lights. Are you guys using a different light source? The worst thing that happens is that it hangs my computer and I have to reboot. I am using a Pentium 4 unit but my friend says the computer is slow for the QX5. Do you experience these types of situations? Thanks
junjie
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Junjie,
Yes...every pic I take from my QX5 has some kind of lighting problem, which I fix the best I can in photoshop.
I tried using a second light for the scope, but found that's confusing for coin details. It hasn't crashed my Thinkpad notebook yet.
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Valued Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Thanks KurtS. I believe I have to play around with it more and have my computer checked. Except for these two situations the unit is worth it at that price.
junjie
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1571 Posts |
junjie, If you don't have enough RAM, it will give p[roblens. If possible, I would consider up=grading the MB, and more RAM. Are you using 98SE, or XP? It should work fine with 98SE, but it might give some trouble on XP. I have the QX3, and use it on both, aas I have the software installed on both units my computers are all generic, so I don't have to pay for the "NAME" when I buy MB, and CPUs, etc
Dick
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12/20/2008 1:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have used my QX-5 with XP since day one and never had a problem. My computer is a P4 3.2GHZ with 4GB of ram (even though windows only see's 3.25GB of ram because its the 32 bit instead of 64) So the QX-5 works just fine with XP, It also could be the video card if its an on board card but I am not sure that would even cause it to hang up. I have had mine for a couple of years and have never had a problem. My lighting seems to work better than some others as they have posted and asked how I did the lighting because their pictures didn't look as well as mine and I have no answer for that because I usually just use the light thats built in and do not modify the picture with any software
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