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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ordinary Fool, post: 2791612, member: 85318&quot;]4:3 is closer to square than 16:9. Square is closer to a round coin than an elongated rectangle.</p><p><br /></p><p>13MP better than less MP.</p><p><br /></p><p>RAW excellent. Caveat, I have no idea how much storage space you have on-board.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note it will save the 13MP shot and also something will be presented as a jpg saved likely less than 8MP, so each shot will take up considerably more space.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a huge micro-SD stuffed in mine (larger than the MSATA and SDD combined on my workhorse PC) so it&#039;s seldom a concern, even for videos.</p><p><br /></p><p>This format, RAW, saves the 13MP image in a format so that you can easily do overlays or image stacking. You can also see pixels your camera captured in more accurate form than those rendered by the process of converting and compressing to a smaller jpg file size.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will appreciate the difference between RAW and jpg much more if you view them on a nice large monitor, mostly.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll find that just this aspect of the imaging is going to involve learning curve and time. Experiment with it and draw your own conclusions. There are lots of youtube videos on the subject by different people using different approaches in sharing information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, a 10X loupe is fine for merely inspecting or grading coins. It will prove insufficient for many variety attributions.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re going to need more magnification and you can even stack 2 10X loupes for 20X. Stacking doesn&#039;t work as well as having a proper 15X or 20X or 30X, but, it&#039;s just information to consider.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use a continuously variable zoom from 7X to 30X in 3D stereo. I seldom need 30X, but, when higher levels are required (and sometimes they are) 30X in stereo provides more visual information (to my eyes and not my camera which isn&#039;t 3D) than 30X from a loupe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Higher magnifications generally require more light and more careful handling of it, especially to photograph what you are seeing successfully.</p><p><br /></p><p>You want the glass to magnify and show your eye what is there. This is somewhat essential as using &quot;digital zoom&quot; results in loss of detail and renders a larger image, yet one that is fighting you in that the detail goes away.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears you have a pretty good device. Which one is it? G6 I see, that is a nice device and very capable.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Do you see the black things in the loupe pic I posted? Those were ashes off my cigar captured falling by the flash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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