@tpsadler , you have made amazing improvements already in the course of this thread. These cameras are incredibly complicated, and it takes a...
Sometimes, I solve this problem by, quite simply, only using 2 lights (at the appropriate angles).
I take all of my pictures while tethered to my computer. I don't actually touch the camera at all. Clicking my mouse will take the picture. Thus,...
There should be a setting somewhere in your camera to take images in "raw" form, or have the camera perform some processing or compression. You...
Well, that is instantly a better picture than the last one you posted.
No, I have a copy stand.
I would never buy any coins while walking around a middle eastern bazaar, but especially stay away from old US and gold coins. Before Chinese took...
I don't know what settings anyone else uses, but I use ISO 400 or 600, and F/5 to F/8. What shutter speed do you use? I'm usually between 1/300...
I post this one every once in a while. NGC EF-40* [IMG] [IMG]
Assuming the OP is looking very specifically for a 1963 in 69CAM, NGC alone has graded 352 of them. I don't know what the OP's goals are in buying...
This piece is graded NGC MS-67. The luster just drips off the coin. I've always been a fan of these coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting graphic, @rmpsrpms . For the interest of education, if you have time, could you post actual pictures of a coin taken with multiple...
One of the most important things I learned from Mark Goodman's book is that you can't use the same lighting for every coin. I knew this in an...
Why would you think the grade is incorrect? NGC gets it right far more often than they don't. And, if you ever want to get a reasonable feel for...
ANACs application of the PL standard is iffy, I've had a couple cross to NGC, and I've had a couple not cross. Their DMPL standard is also...
I am not as familiar with the Morgan series as many of the posters in this thread, so I cannot comment on that. However, I will comment on toned...
I bet in hand, the luster on that is killer. When people ask what a good strike on a Morgan looks like, you can post that one.
That is a really cool set. Striped toners like this aren't rare, but they aren't common, either. It is interesting and unusual to see them in a...
That appears to be an attractive coin. I'll go 63, with a possible full head.
There is a ton of fascinating amplifying information from the inimitable Roger Burdette in the corresponding thread on the NGC page. For anyone...
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