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Dino-Lite is great. I have one...only wish I had waited a little longer to buy it. The new ones have a better focus radius. The depth of focus gets fuzzy if the image is too big. For micro closeups it is great. I have somewhat mastered taking pics of full slabs buy buying the height extension so I can raise the camera even higher. Their support is great. Even though it's been a couple years since I bought mine, if I call for any kind of technical support they give it to me with no questions asked. The microscope cameras are not cheap but they sure work great. And heck, if you do it like me, I wrote it off on my taxes.

 

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No those are Dino Bites!

 

Like I posted I've have had mine for years. Like most electronic items they seem to be out dated a month after you purchase .
I had purchased a microscope it was top of the mark. However you needed an adapter to mount your camera , or buy a camera to fit the scope.
The scope was huge! You needed a desk to keep it set up or it was take it out use it then put it away.
With all that going on.... I saw the Dino lite at the Whitman show in Baltimore . ..I was sold . I returned the scope and for a lot cheaper purchased the Dino lite.
Takes up very little space ready to use at a mouse click.
And yes I agree the support staff is great.

 

Possibly because BMP's tend to be very large files.

 

yep. finding tiny die clash marks is one use. Case in point: 1880-CC Morgan, R78 (VAM 7a). The VAM 7 has remnants of the 7 under the second 8. the 7a has a barely visible incuse, upside down "n" from "In God We Trust," the result of a die clash (a dry strike). That little n is in the open space just off the lady's neck. I have examined many VAM 7s, but have never found the little bugger.

 

If you need a microscope to see a variety, it isn't worth it.

 

physics-fan.....for the most part, I agree. there are certain die clashes on certain coins which command significant premiums...if you can detect the clash. some DCs are subtle, some are not.

other coins need close-up photos because of markers which separate the coin from other varieties. I buy and sell coins and currency, so..... Like the 1893-S Morgan. My camera's zoom capacity does not allow me to pick up the die scratch on the T in L-I-B-E-R-T-Y, or the little "rabbit ears" die gouges at the bottom of the left leg of the R in L-I-B-RE-R-T-Y. This gizmo does. try to take a photo of a reverse plate number on large-sized US bills. If i want to sell a mule, I would want to be able to capture the image of the teeny, tiny number.

But wait, there's more. I can attach a little round dental mirror attachment and scope out my uvula or wisdom teeth.

and another attachment which I can stick in my ear and snoop around!!!

or get a really close-up look at a dead fly's eye!!!!

 

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But microscope shots will help when it comes time to sell even if you can see the variety without it. A mere slab shot often won't do with a picky buyer.