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New Member
United States
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Hello everyone, just playing with my camera and editing software tonight. Thought I take some pictures of my first Three Cent piece. I purchased a small collection last week and this was in it. Enjoy  Regards, DFPS   |
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New Member
United States
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A little blurry. That camera can pick up some nice detail if its on a tripod
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New Member
 United States
37 Posts |
It's a Kodak C182 & I was using Easyshare software to edit the pics to size. I was holding it by hand leaning against my computer desk. I'll have to find a tripod to use. I was really wanting to see if I could get the lines in the III on the back. I think it got a little "pixelated" when I was cropping it. Still have some fine tuning to do.
Anyhow that's my first three center.
Regards,
DFPS
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Perhaps close to 50% of the 3c copper nickel and silver pieces, as well as Half Dimes I have seen are holed. That is very frustrating. Why are so many of these coins holed? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suspect that people might put a hole in them so that they could run a string through them and not lose them. They are quite small coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
565 Posts |
Your picture. What I have learned is that if the camera's zoom is used you loose pixels. So when you crop the picture it stands out much more. Try to get as close to the object as possible with out zoom. Then crop your picture and you will see the difference between using zoom and not using zoom.
Tracy
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What I have learned is that if the camera's zoom is used you loose pixels. That is true for digital zoom but not optical zoom. Optical zoom relies on telescoping lens movement and not software manipulation. Digital zoom is worthless and merely creates a pixelated mess  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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These pics are taken with an Olympus FE-210 7.1 Megalpixel with the super macro setting   And these pics are cropped and resized to under 100 pixels Opps  Sorry for the up-side down pic I think your 1866 is a grade better than mine Dirty Finger Penny Sorter   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is true for digital zoom but not optical zoom. By Optical zoom do you mean microscope? If so you are correct. I was referring to the cameras zoom. Pictures taken through stereo microscopes turn out fine when cropped. My first try with the quote. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not a microscope, the optical zoom on your camera. Most low end point-n-shoot cameras have two types of zoom- optical which uses the lens of the camera to zoom and digital zoom which is software manipulation that increases the size but not the number of pixels. When you zoom in on a coin, the lens telescopes to magnify the coin. Once the lens is fully telescoped, you can continue to zoom but the lens does not physically move any more. At this point, the camera's software takes over and increases the size of the pixels to make the image larger but not clearer. The picture below of a Half Cent was shot with a six year old 4MP camera with a 3x optical zoom. You do not need a fancy expensive camera or a microscope to take good photographs, you just have to know how to get the max out of the camera.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I understand now what you are saying. I also see what you are saying. Great picture!! Thanks
Tracy
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
I saw a morgan today with a hole in it-- what a waste......
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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New Member
United States
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Wow wee everyone! Those are some cool pics of some fine coins! Thanks so much for the photo lessons too! Here's a second try and I didn't even read the owners manual yet... Regards, DFPS   |
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New Member
United States
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I saw a morgan today with a hole in it-- what a waste...... lol.. It was someones bling at one time Edited by MIKES3
02/23/2011 5:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That 1866 three-cent piece is a good start toward forming a holey type set - 7070.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I saw some neat tripods at the Dollar Tree, about 6" tall. For a buck, certainly worth experimenting with. Some cameras have a timer. Set it up, push the button, and you have ten seconds for it to stabilize. Most software that comes with cameras is crap. http://www.irfanview.com is free software that is intuitive and will do almost anything you need. |
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