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Canada
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WildBill or anyone else who knows how to use this unit,
I have it hooked and every thing is working or seems to be till I try and take a snap shot, nothing happens. I have done it both ways from the shutter button and from the icon on the task bar.
What am I missing ?
OK so today it works and I don't know what I did. Now to get some pics together. Edited by mcshilling
02/11/2011 09:33 am
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United States
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Sometimes you need to reboot for downloaded programs to function...
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 Canada
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Bill can you please tell me how you are takeing pics and what light you use. I have covered 2 lights too knock down the amount of light but I still can't get a pic as good as your.
Please do a step by step for dummies.
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United States
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mcshilling...I just got mine 2 days ago so not an expert...but have you played with the filter settings ? There are all kinds of adjustments available...brightness,exposure,hue,etc....and you can play with them while veiwing your coin.
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United States
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Hey, I just got home from a meeting How can I get you to call me or I can call you  |
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United States
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ok i'll get in on this.just got mine the other day haven't used it much just got it loaded, wildbill do you use any type of holder/stand you sure just cant hold this thing to look at coins or tak pic's |
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United States
744 Posts |
i steady my hand on the table to take pics
most of my pics are taken without the clear adaptors
i like being able to tilt the camera to place the light/glare where I need to, so I can get the picture I want
i use the digital viewer software that comes with the Zorb to take the pics
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United States
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I'm going to rig up some kind of stand I shake way to much to just hold or I may just need to practice/play around with it when I get some time.
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United States
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when using the adaptors, I place the camera and the plastic adaptor on the coin and then zoom to a clear image before taking an image
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United States
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can you zoom/focus with the software or do you have to turn the focus ring.again haven't messed with it yet to much.
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United States
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i focus with the focus ring
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Was busy for a couple of days,
fatboy, for a stand I use a dixie cup 2 1/4", cut the bottom off and stand the unit on it , it will than be right for a full size penny.
Bill, I have tried your way with and without the adaptors, but I blocked off 2 lights with black electrical tape and that has worked best for me so far.
Will try for pics soon but busy making a cupboard for my coin albums.
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Valued Member
United States
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mcshilling
will try the tape also finding lights to bright
may try the Lighthouse Magnifier unit talked about on another thread on here says you can take a pic of a whole morgan waiting for some feed back on it
Fatboy
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United States
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Has anyone had success capturing clear images of bays, or of the seated Lincoln statue in the center bay? Any tips would be appreciated.
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United States
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I just got my Carson zOrb as well. I did notice that the lights were far to bright. I came up with an easy fix (if not brave). I took a white candle stick and melted a layer of wax over the L.E.D.'s, being very careful not to get any on the lens. It worked extremely well.
As far as not getting it to capture a picture when the shutter button is pressed, I too am having problems with that. I get it to work one time and the next, nothing? I ended up un-installing the program. Then reinstalling. It worked for the one time and again the next time, nothing. Any computer guru's know how to handle this? It's really frustrating!!
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As far as not getting it to capture a picture when the shutter button is pressed, I too am having problems with that I had that problem too. Then, I realized that not all of my USB ports are 2.0. Try using a different USB port. Since I determined which USB port is 2.0 and using the same one every time, I haven't had any problems. Edited by scurry64
03/21/2011 12:09 pm
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