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<p>[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 26599913, member: 116145"]My photography, and hoping this is in the past, but has been so terrible that people question the legitimacy of coins I've had graded and slabbed by ANACS, NGC, ICG & PCGS. Now THAT is some bad photography - I was using my old iPhone 6 for a lot of those (like my avatar photo - my 1916 SLQ which sparked a debate that even Insider got drawn into, lol) but I've worked on it, off and on, and am now using an iPhone 13 and have an inexpensive light box from Amazon and have been getting better results - learning how to use the stacked books to stabilize my camera above, with the coin on a bottle cap was a good first lesson from me (thank you all who post that for newbies). Nonetheless, bad eyesight, some color blindness and not the best depth perception (or something?) have really made this more difficult than it looks for me. I really respect those of you who are the masters of this - and thank you for posting your photos, information, ideas and tips. Edit - per OP request - here's an old bad photo I took - when I was really really trying to take a good photo. [ATTACH=full]1695066[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 26599913, member: 116145"]My photography, and hoping this is in the past, but has been so terrible that people question the legitimacy of coins I've had graded and slabbed by ANACS, NGC, ICG & PCGS. Now THAT is some bad photography - I was using my old iPhone 6 for a lot of those (like my avatar photo - my 1916 SLQ which sparked a debate that even Insider got drawn into, lol) but I've worked on it, off and on, and am now using an iPhone 13 and have an inexpensive light box from Amazon and have been getting better results - learning how to use the stacked books to stabilize my camera above, with the coin on a bottle cap was a good first lesson from me (thank you all who post that for newbies). Nonetheless, bad eyesight, some color blindness and not the best depth perception (or something?) have really made this more difficult than it looks for me. I really respect those of you who are the masters of this - and thank you for posting your photos, information, ideas and tips. Edit - per OP request - here's an old bad photo I took - when I was really really trying to take a good photo. [ATTACH=full]1695066[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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