So what do you all think of presenting coins on video? I know pictures are good, but with video you can see the coin "in hand", or at lease in different light. I have made a video of my latest purchase and put it on youtube. Let me know what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X88zBTnzodI
pretty cool! I definitely think that displaying coins by video has potential. Heritage auctions recently started adding videos on their auctions for really special coins, but instead of really showing the coin in the video, the videos are of one of the catalogers talking about the coin. That is cool to though I think that for coins with luster, and maybe for others too, the video may come out best to have the camera and lighting fixed, maybe on a tripod, and then have the coin in hand and rotate and tilt it under the camera and light as you film and talk about it, and show both sides too. That's the way most of us look at coins in hand and it would add some realism to the experience of viewing your coins by video I think. Keep up the good work and keep showing off your coins!!! Steel cents are really neat, I've only got one of them, but it's a pretty high grade PCGS MS67 Cool Large Cent too.
Frankly I didn't see any of the coins as well as they would have shown up in clear, cropped still photos, and the color seemed to be off quite a bit. I'm glad you weren't fingering mint state coins and leaving fingerprints and potentially corrosive body oils on them, but IMHO even circulated steelies can be harmed by casual handling.
I think widespread access to broadband and the use of HD video and monitors will prove better for regular folks and small dealers trying to accurately present finer details and better color of the coins they wish to share or sell. Obviously we have seen presentation in video form from those (awful) HSN type coin dealers on TV. I have seen eBay listings that include video, hosted on YouTube, to present their items, not just coins. I think that you need to use both sharp, close up photos and video. Just as coin photography is a serious skill that takes time and equipment to master, so will video presentation. One thing that can be seen in video is how the seller handles their coins and if enabled with audio, how they speak about coins, which is to say how informed they may or may not be. Any tool can work for or against us so being fastidious to oversee all of the pitfalls is paramount when including more forms of documentation and presentation. Overall, video should be a beneficial tool in this matter.
I agree with this for sure. This may be a nice idea but what would you do with several thousand coins? Showing one at a time like that would take a long, long time.
