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3rd pic is good, other two have too much glare. John1  |
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I spent about 20 dollars on Amazon on a USB microscope with an adjustable arm and adjustable led light source. It does pretty well with close ups of errors, that kind of thing. And for whole coin photos I bought a Xenovo macro lens from Amazon. It goes on your phone and does really well. I also got a small tripod and bluetooth shutter button to keep the phone from shaking when taking the photo. Its a lot of trial and error for me though. I'm still learning for sure. I use an all black background, and I use my old Galaxy s7 edge as a dedicated coin camera. Ive really just started trying to work on my photography the past couple months. But the USB microscope helps me a lot when I'm going through rolls looking for errors. |
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Those mustcam pics are surprisingly good. A bit of diffusion on the LEDs and they could be very good. @Eyez, are you able to take the full coin pic with the camera mounted on the stand, or do you have to move it farther away?
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element47, 18% gray scale as a background works better. You will need to find a way to filter your light source. John1 |
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>> I would like to post the entire coin, first. Then post the area or areas of concern .Is it possible to find a microscope that can do all of that? <<
Maybe, but not a cheap microscope. I don't see that as an issue because you can take a close-up picture of the entire coin with a good camera that has a macro setting, and then take additional pictures of selected areas of the coin with the cheap microscope.
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@rpmpsrpms on stand half way up those where taking at 3mp not the 5mp setting I find the 3 mp setting on pennies are better 5mp for dime and quarters.@John1 yeah was quick ones I took last night just wanted to show basics off how well it did at a basic fast lvl.
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02/23/2021 09:42 am
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took a slower take on this to adjust lighting.  |
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John1.... does it also take photos of certain parts of the coin? Or do I need to buy two cameras, one for whole coin and one for certain areas of the coin?
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Element47... I am trying to avoid buying something then find out that it doesn't work for me. I will have to return it. I am trying to avoid that. I am trying to work with this iPad
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My Celestron 44302 can take full coin pic of a silver dollar coin,I have to put the scope on top of a stack of books to do it though. Generally I use a digital camera for full coin shots and a usb scope for close ups. John1 |
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@john so I looked up 18% grayscale. Am I able to print out a square of that and just use it as a background? Or is there something specific I should use?
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If it was me, I would buy them and not print my own. John1 |
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John1...so it takes full coin photo and thumb nail photos? Thanks for replying to my questions.. I guess I used the right word s thumb nail
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What makes the cheap scope so bad, is the use of plastic lens on the magnifier. If you can find one with a glass lens, you will get a lot better images. The plastic ones give of a tint of blue on the images. Also noticed is a cloudy look that is not clear. Thus the glass lens are worth the extra money. IMOHO
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