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Good Camera For Beginning Coin Photographer?

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 Posted 06/09/2011  2:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
that is actually where these things stand out from the rest, their macro capability is amazing. You can put the lens almost against the coin and it focus to a clear shot
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 Posted 06/09/2011  3:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ClinkinKY to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I will go down to WB and click the over button

Bryan,

What exactly are you referring to by the "over button"?
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 Posted 06/10/2011  4:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kitkat1858 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've been watching this forum in amazement. I can't believe how such an old camera (by digital technology standards) can take such detailed close-up shots.

If anyone has a few of these that they'd like to list on ebay, I think everyone reading this forum would greatly appreciate it.
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when I say over button I know its confusing because it confused sidekick also, I just click the over button on the directional kep pad (square that has arrows on it) and then it will just have WB showing and then you just put a white piece of paper under the light you will be ising infront of the lens and hold the EXE until the green light stops flashing. Sorry for confusing you
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 Posted 06/11/2011  03:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ClinkinKY to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
OK, thanks Bryan. I'll give it a try.
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 Posted 06/11/2011  06:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ClinkinKY to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here are my latest attempts.It turns out that the lady who had the 1928 Peace dollar, I referred to in the above post, actually had 2 of them. She took them to a reputable (IMHO) coin shop and was offered $300.00 for each of them. She is now offering them to me for the same price. I realize that the 1928 is the key coin in this series, but since I don't plan to collect them I was thinking of purchasing them and possibly submitting them to PCGS and then flipping them in order to get coins that I am interested in. Hopefully these photos will be good enough that the knowledgeable people on CCF will be able to advise me if they think that these coins are a good bargain at this price. I welcome any and all opinions and guidance regarding my opportunity and plan of action.Good-Camera-For-Beginning-Coin-Photographer? Good-Camera-For-Beginning-Coin-Photographer? Good-Camera-For-Beginning-Coin-Photographer? Good-Camera-For-Beginning-Coin-Photographer? Good-Camera-For-Beginning-Coin-Photographer? Good-Camera-For-Beginning-Coin-Photographer?
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the WB looks allot better now, now it looks like a lighting problem
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I welcome any and all opinions and guidance regarding my opportunity and plan of action.


She is being offered a fine price for those coins in that condition. You will not be able to flip them for profit after paying the cost of getting them slabbed; break-even in a PCGS slab would be about AU55 and I don't believe either of them will reach that plateau, much less the higher grade required for profit.

1928's aren't all that uncommon. Kinda like 1909S-VDB's, they're a "commodity" item which has a lot of turnover due to demand.
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 Posted 06/17/2011  05:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ClinkinKY to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Happy to report (for her sake) that my co-worker received payment of $600.00 for the two 1928 Peace dollars yesterday.
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I should have been clear that the $600.00 came from the coin shop that had made the verbal offers last week, not me:)
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As a newbie am looking to improve my coin photography. So far with my Canon S50 it has been pretty dismal. I have a long way to go to match the above coin photos!
So, have been trying in the UK for a JVC QX3 or 5, but with no success, seems it's a rare bird in the UK. However, on ebay UK was successful in my £30 bid for a Canon SD630 6MP, 3" screen macro, focus 3-50cm. It seemed a reasonable price for what was on offer. I am hoping it will fit the bill! Don't know what they cost new, but guess it's a few years old.
I need to get a small table tripod and a cable release and then it's going to be quite interesting!
Will keep you advised!
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Please do. Feel free to begin a thread of your own to post your results, and we will be happy to offer any assistance you might require.
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