A call for ancient coin images

What is the minimum number of pixels? It might be helpful to know that. Many of the images I provided could have been much larger, but I was afraid of them being too large.

 

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I can't say for sure at this point. Too big is not a problem. Big but poorly focus is a problem.

 

thanks @dougsmit, I assumed all seller photos were ok.
@TIF --What sellers provide images large enough to meet your requirements?

 

Attribution:

L. Torquatus, 65 BC. Obv: Head of Sibylla right, SIBVLLA below; all within laurel wreath. Rx: Tripod surrounded by amphora between two stars; L. TORQVAT to left downwards, III VIR to right upwards; all within ornamented torque.

 

@Mikey Zee just posted his example this morning and I recognized it. Great. Now I want one too. This forum is so bad for my bank account

 

One last try. These images are larger, but I doubt they are large enough.

 

I am sure it is going to be an AWESOME tie, regardless of whose coins are depicted!

 

Thanks so much to @TIF for being willing to undertake this project

 

All you need is one good pixel ...




... a good carpenter doesn't blame her tools!

 

^^^

 

When I get my tie I'm going to have someone take a picture of me wearing it in court so I can share it with all of you. It's kind of tricky to take pictures in a courtroom, but I'll find a way. I am cigar smoking buddies with a judge so maybe if I ask nicely he'll do me a favor.

I hope all of you will also take some action shots with your ties and share it on the Forum

 

I do not know what TIF's requirements will be but standard 'wisdom' has been requiring 300 pixels per inch meaning a 4x6 print (the small size) would be best made from a file 1200x1800 or larger. I regularly push that and use my standard 1080x1620 reduced images and am satisfied with the results. Each coin on the tie will not be 4" across so I'd guess the minimum would be closer to 600 across which is what ancient coin guru's last batch measure. The camera I use most is 5,616 × 3,744 pixels maximum so all images I show are reductions. Most of us that have cameras have the same situation and have reduced the images we show here. The point is that once an image is reduced, it can not be expanded back to the original quality. The worst problem is the fact that no number of pixels will save an out of focus or camera motion image. 3000 pixels of bad focus can not be reduced to 300 sharp pixels (although I would think that someone should be working on that routine). Most cameras apply sharpening routines to the RAW images which make things worse in some cases by sharpening the wrong thing.

I'm more concerned by the bad lighting or color problems in some of the images. Such images can be improved but the repairs will show when put side by side with images of the quality we see from TIF, Ancient Joe and some of our other imagers with great coins and camera skills. The worst part will be the coins themselves. The best possible picture of most of my coins will show all their ugly details to the worst degree possible.

 

I was just kidding, my Coin Princess ...



Hopefully my coin photos are sweet enuf?

 

=> keep-up the good work!!