New Camera And Coin For Grading - 1900-S Morgan Dollar

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aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 07/10/2011 9:47 pm like to get an Idea of the grade on this 1900-s and what you think of the camera's pictures, its a Cannon Powershot ELPH 100HS..Thanks Title edited by Forum Mom to add date and type of coin to be graded. Report this Post to the Staff

master6238 Valued Member United States 178 Posts	Posted 07/10/2011 9:55 pm MS64-65 maybe? Do I see fingerprints on there or are they scratches? Also looks like I see a die crack on the reverse between United and One Report this Post to the Staff
master6238 Valued Member United States 178 Posts	Posted 07/10/2011 10:18 pm I think I also see a break on her nose... Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 07/13/2011 12:58 am The die breaks that you are seeing are attributed to 1900-s vam6/6A, SD I really have to work on lighting..but is this a decent VAM camera? Report this Post to the Staff
johnny54321 Rest in Peace United States 4849 Posts	Posted 07/13/2011 02:20 am Nice! MS 63/64. Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 07/13/2011 10:59 am Nice coin and photography! I am working with a new point and shoot myself. IMHO you may want to work with your lighting. The right side of your coins obverse is a little too shadowed. Still, your pic has great detail! I have had some luck with natural light with some extra lighting from the sides of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 07/13/2011 11:02 am MS-63 Report this Post to the Staff
IHPO8S Valued Member United States 374 Posts	Posted 07/13/2011 11:03 am ms 64 nice coin and pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 07/13/2011 11:51 am 63/64 is about right, and it looks like VAM-6, fairly early die state. Pics are a good start for a point-and-shoot, but I'm worried that the camera lacks enough manual control to really maximize its' ability with coins. It's going to be up to you to figure out what you're able to control manually. I note from the EXIF data on your images that the exposure was only 1/60 at f/2.8 and ISO500. This indicates that you could/should throw a bunch more light at the coin - the exposure at those settings should have been more like 1/250 or 1/500. F/2.8 means that, even with a P&S, you're not going to have enough depth of field to focus the whole surface of the coin unless you're absolutely perpendicular to it; the images tend to support this conclusion - they're a little less-focused on the right than the left. First thoughts: Force the metering to "Spot" and the focus mode to "1pt AF." This will make the camera evaluate lighting and focus on the center of the image, so the background will not affect the picture. If you can, force the ISO to 100 or 200. Then, throw enough light onto the coin to get your exposures to 1/100 or faster. There are other things we can play with, if you have enough manual control over the camera. I've probably gone a little overboard with the terminology here; the point is, this is all language you're going to need a working command of if you want to make this camera work for VAMming. Please bring this aspect of things into the Photography forum, and we'll be happy to help maximize your camera's results. I'd prefer to do that technical stuff there, rather than muck up the Grading forum with content that will make some people's eyes just glaze over. Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 07/14/2011 02:44 am Thanks SuperD. Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 12:55 am 1st off, let me thank all members for there contributions, I have found as SD has observed,... I mean it seriously how he can take your photo and get the info from it is AMAZING....While this coin is posted for a grade analysis the perfection of photo's is foremost important to me... With his guidance I have found more options on the camera, I will post these last 2 photo's for the grading purposes BUT I need the link to the camera section which I don't see when I log in...you need not comment on the grade. BUT please send me the link to the photo section so I can learn more and dial and learn more of photography skills!! thanks for your respondences and assistance...these images are resized from 4000 by 3000 12 mg pixles... Note please send me the link to the photgraphy section so I can learn more, Thank you all... Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 07/15/2011 11:40 pm That's odd - it's not a hidden forum like General Discussion. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...?FORUM_ID=81 Report this Post to the Staff
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