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  1. sjlund
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    End Roll Finds

    I had a canadian dime ender today. Not what I was hoping for...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 27, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  2. sjlund
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    Latest finds: $200 hand wrapped dimes - 1946 Roosie $50 machine wrapped dimes - zip $250 box - 1959 Roosie [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 27, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Photograhing your finds

    Well, you've made progress! The trick to blacking out the background is making sure that the light shining on the coin is much brighter than the...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 27, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  4. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    Here's another quick sample with my setup with a 1919 wheat as the subject. [ATTACH]
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 26, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  5. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    My advice to you will be similar to pballer above - make sure you use macro mode, more distance between the coin and the background, and fix your...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 26, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  6. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    I am using a Canon 40D body and a Sigma 150mm macro lens. Your shot looks good, nice morgan!
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 26, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  7. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    First, you need to make sure that you are in your camera's macro mode - this will allow you to get closer to the coin. Macro mode is usually...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Photograhing your finds

    Actually, I took a look at the Nikon L18 on the Nikon website. I see no reason why this camera wouldn't work. You would just have to use the...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  9. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    I haven't shopped in the $150 price range for a while, but you'll want to find something that has a 'macro' mode, and ideally manual controls over...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  10. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    I'm still thinking that you had a white balance problem with the bulb - most cameras, especially of the point and shoot variety, white balance to...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  11. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    I disagree - perhaps if you aren't properly white balancing your photographs that would be the case (I'm guessing they came out yellow or orange...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  12. sjlund
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    Photograhing your finds

    A quick follow up post with one more example from this afternoon. [ATTACH]
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Photograhing your finds

    I thought I would put together a little tour of my coin photography setup to help everyone out there take better pictures of their finds. It's...
    Thread by: sjlund, Mar 25, 2012, 38 replies, in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  14. sjlund
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    2 boxes of dimes, one '53 to show for it! I have a bank holding a handful of halfs in a teller's drawer that got locked up today when the teller...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 23, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    Got my weekly $500 bag of dimes off the bank coin counter today - a '64 to show for it! Today's dime bag also contained two buttons, a nickle,...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 22, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    It sure is. I smiled when I saw the silver edge, but the heart skipped a beat when I turned it over and saw wings! My oldest CRH coin by far,...
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 21, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    $400 worth of dimes today... Only one keeper, but my first merc! Nice! [ATTACH]
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 21, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
  18. sjlund
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    $590 in dimes, skunk, $9.50 in halves, skunk.
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 16, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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    Roll-searchers, post your results!

    I've been searching dimes for the last week, with 7 roosies and 1 silver canadian to show for it! [ATTACH]
    Post by: sjlund, Mar 13, 2012 in forum: Coin Roll Hunting
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