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Valued Member
United States
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ok I need help with veiwing coins up close which is better a microscope,camera or is there something else I can get. I have a 20x loupe but I dont think its doing the trick. let me remind u I'm not rich lol
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dustin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dustin I like to take High resolution pictures of my coins and look at them full screen on my computer , its an easy way to see the whole side of the coin up close . so I guess my answer is I use a camera .  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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okay this may make me sound a little silly but I'm going to admit it anyway.....try not to judge. lol I bought "for my daughter" an eye clops toy. it hooks into your television and zooms in at 200x magnification. so depending on the size of your television its an awesome way to look for varieties and errors and such. Now, since then I have noted on their website that they have a cool little handheld thing that will actually save your images to the computer which would be really awesome when trying to post pics. dont know what the new thing (bionicam) costs but I paid $21.00 canadian for the bionic eye.  http://www.eyeclops.com/Edited by malissadawn
01/11/2009 01:03 am
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 Australia
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When my eyes and a magnifying glass aren't enough, I stick it on the scanner and ramp up the resolution. It normally tells me what I need to know.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
i like to use the Digital Blue QX5 digtial microscope connects to computer via USB port.allows veiwing in real time and downloads pictures directly to your computer.APX.$95.00 USD. con: stock microscope LED light is insufficient and needs to be 'customized and supplemented (for better pictures).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I use a 30x36 magnifier for quick viewing and a regular microscope for close ups, which I set my camera on and take pictures. Just order a 40x magnifier, hope it works a good as the 30x does.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Camera onto computer then use a good viewing (non-lossless, not windows picture viewer which loses information) program and zoom in.
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Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
I do like the bionic eye. Just might get one, but I'd have to take a week off work to sit 24 hours a day looking through everything....which might not be bad at all. Gotta laugh at Frankie Munoz looking at salt on their website, heh.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I bought a BIONIC EYE and took it back within a day or two to TOYS-R-US. I thought I could use it with my PC but it is only good if you want to mess with it on a TV screen. I am especially interested in seeing some images of what ceaton sees with that little handheld microscope. Combo 60-100X& 30X Illuminated LED Microscope MagnifierMaybe you can only view with it. It looks like a tight squeeze for the coin to go under the viewer. The price looks nice though, I'm watching it now on ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mike,
I dont really have the ability to take pics from the microscope :( You do not have to use the stand at all, simply pick up the unit and hold the coin or 2x2 against it (carefully of course) and adjust the focus. Its really simple to use and my god can you zoom in! I just use the little stand as a holder :) Works great for me.
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