I'm experimenting with the new MACRO lens. Here is the 1949 D/D I found. I've got to get a steady platform for taking the picture. Any subtle movement with blur the pic like crazy. Look at the top rt. of the D. Take Care Bone
bone, i love your pics. I saw this neeeeeat thing on TV where you mounted your camera, and it was a little bar thing that could pivot and swivel and lock in place. it was pretty cool, but around 295 dollars.
Don't think that is a D/D. It appears as a worn out die. Sort of like what is known as the poor mans double die of the 1955 where the last 5 has that same sort of blured double image. Now as for keeping your camera still. If your camera has a threaded hole in the bottom for tripod usage, it normally is a 1/4" x 20 thread design. You can buy a bolt that size, get a board, cut a slot in it for the bolt so the bolt can be moved up or down. Put the bolt through the slot and into the base of the camera. An additional piece of wood nailed to one side will be the stabilizer. You now have a homemade tripod. Or just go to Walmart and buy one.
Yes, probably a poor-mans DDO. I'm going to try the tri-pod thing today, only problem is there is no timer shutter release. Gotta get the wifes office moved though. Internet and everything... B
IF, and I say IF, the camera is suffieciently supported, then just do the old professional photographer trick of taking a deep breath, hold it and squeeze the shutter release ever so slowly. What many people don't realize is that when you breath, your chest expands and contracts. This also makes your arms move and your hands are normally connected to them and so is the camera. Also, you may want to try taking pictures of coins outdoors with a black background such as a bar-b-que grill. Make sure no one is cooking in it at the time.
