Taking pictures

It's $41.99 at WalMart. Those are some great pics. Been recently thinking about something like this - seems like it will "fit the bill"!

 

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The dime needs a funeral...

 

What dime are you talking about?

 

Oh, this dime. Never mind.

 

I'm working on getting mine right right now. I hope it doesn't need much tweaking.

 

I'm using a Dino-Lite Digital Microscope Basic (from eBay) but I do not have a tri-pod to steady the frame. I've ordered one off of eBay but it has not yet arrived. The Dino-Lite is great for searching and identifying and seeing errors close-up because you can put the lens holder part of the microscope directly on the coin steading it. If I see something that I want to take a picture of, I just click on the camera icon on the computer screen. Hopefully with the tri-pod I'll have better success with whole coin photographs.

 

My experience with eBay is that when there is a problem, the resolution center is there to resolve any disputes or issues that a buyer may have. I do use eBay a lot but not a much as Amazon. The resolution center at eBay has been very useful to me in resolving any problems that I have had with any purchase on eBay. My main issue with them is that the product purchased is never received. eBay is quick to give refunds and they do want their customers to be happy campers.

 

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I try to take pics of my coins on the highest pixel setting. Then I have a desk mounted light with a LED Natural daylight 60 w bulb. Under the coin is a piece of white printer paper. I always take 3 pics at least of everything I want to show at very slightly different angles( 89,88,87 degrees). After that I use Fastone Image Viewer (free) to choose the best pic,crop and rotate . So if I post a coin with 3 pics, I took a minimum of 9 pics. This just how I do it. I hope it helps!

 

What camera are you using, 2many ? And how do you know the angle ?

 

Sony Cybershot. It's actually a pretty useless camera. But has turned out to work well with coins. The angle is just a guess. The angles mentioned were for demonstration purposes. Sometimes you have to go much lower, Depends on what you want to show. The desk light really helps with this so I can change the angle of the light.