My New Source of Coin Photography (lots of photos!!!)

Hey CoinTalkers! Well, after a long hunt for a new source of coin-tography I believe I found exactly what I needed. Here are some photos I took with my new camera. IMO, they need to be sharpened a little bit but I'll leave that job for Photoshop a bit later . I took all of the below photos myself just a few minutes ago. Tell me what you guys think!

Thanks,
Brian


Lincoln Memorial Cent: Reverse "ONE CENT" denomination. This is my least favorite photo out of this bunch. I feel I could have caught the lustur much better on my second try.


Lincoln Memorial Cent: VDB (Victor David Brenner) designer initials on obverse. Many of you may know that on this particular design the initials are hard to catch in a photo...Well NOT ANY MORE!


Lincoln Wheat Cent: Obverse "D" (Denver) mintmark


Liberty "V" Nickel: 1 obverse star near denticles


1928-D MS63 PCGS Standing Liberty Quarter: Obverse full coin view (almost)

 

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Smokin Photos! What are you using?

Thanks,
Mark

 

Thanks, Mark. It's actually a moderatley inexpensive digital microscope.

-Brian

 

Link to the model & price? My fotos are horrible no matter what I use.

 

Hey, I want one of those.

 

can you shoot the whole coin or just bits and pieces?

 

Believe it or not, this is what I used. I was browsing eBay as always and I saw that it had fantastic reviews and 225 had already sold. I saw others of the same type of microscope sell for nearly $100 so I snatched one while I could. It includes a software disc but I don't recommend using it or uploading ANYTHING from in onto your computer. It may contain viruses. I believe the seller gets these items from China and sells them for a bit less because you don't have to deal with international shipping which it may take months for your item to arrive. I suggest, if you are looking to purchase something like this, buy it at this price while it lasts. I don't believe the seller has too many left in stock after selling nearly 300 in less than a week!

-Brian
LINK TO eBay "AUCTION" (BUY-IT-NOW)... http://cgi.ebay.com/2MP-USB-Digital-Microscope-endoscope-Magnifier-200X-New-/280645046784?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D216956972150001901

 

I can shoot the whole coin, obverse, reverse, rim, denticles, mintmark, all around, side-to-side, any angle you can think of it is capable of catching. It included an interesting pivotting stand that makes this possible.

-Brian
EDIT: Here is a link to a thread where I posted a full photo of the MS63 SLQ in it's slab, obverse, reverse, and PCGS label. SEE POST #7: http://www.cointalk.com/t177379/

 

What is the resolution and file size of a full frame cent. Can you post a full resolution image, if not can you send it email, I'll host and post it. Thanks!

 

I do love those pics and am very tempted to buy that scope. Thanks for the link!

 

I did a quick evilbay search based on your post last night & ended up with one from the same seller. Bully! Maybe now I can stop using my scanner for fotos. BTW, how can I scan currency? My oldschool handheld scanner used to, but I think Kodak has a software block.

 

I have one ,,,,But its a Dino-lite, It looks like the one you are using now but a bit more pricer then the 30 bucks you payed for yours. The pictures you took looks great,,,Here is a few pic's I took with mine.

 

Those look fantastic! I'm going to have to get me one of those. Thanks for the link.

 

I bought that sucker. For $30 it is worth it if I will be able to take decent pics. I'm tired of constantly messing with my camera trying to figure out the proper setting to get a nice crisp picture.

 

PLEASE! Let me just remind EVERYBODY to not insert the disc included in the sale into your computer. It could contain little hardrive cluster crashers. It is very common with Chinese items. I tried to put it in to test it and my computer is already acting a little odd.

-Brian

 

Now that is a nice find. I just bought one. If you didn't use the disc what did you use for software? Does Windows just find the drivers? Thanks for the cool find.

 

The first three pics in the OP are excellent, but the last two show some paper white,
which precludes seeing any detail in those areas. Some diffusion of lighting can help.

iceman's images are spectacular, though focus is not perfect in the bottom image.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Yeah. I was just using these photos to test the microscope. Since I started playing around with it a little bit more, I've gotten better at catching the lustur in diffuse lighting.

-Brian

 

You are able to copy and save the pictures by right clicking on them. To access the microscope you go to "My Computer" and you should see something that has a name regarding to your microscope. From there, the pictures can be taken. As far as I know the software included on this disc is just to access the micropscope's video capabilities. I would love to access those capabilities included with the microscope but I am too scared to enter the disc because in the past I have had SERIOUS issues involving Chinese software corrupting my hardrive.

-Brian

 

Thanks. I can't wait to give it a try.