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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1715692, member: 19463&quot;]Anoob&#039;s efforts made me want to try this and he was right about it being harder than it looks.&nbsp; My only video capable camera is my Canon DSLR which is not perfect in all regards but probably 100 times better than I am since I have never before switched it into video mode.&nbsp; I tried wiggling a coin under the camera but had trouble keeping it in focus and not clipping off an edge.&nbsp; Next I tried shooting a coin sitting still but moving the light around hoping to make it look like Anoob&#039;s but there was nothing gained but funny shadows.&nbsp; That made me wonder just what I was accomplishing by using video.&nbsp; That made me ask why not just use still photos linked together and add a soundtrack.&nbsp; Windows either comes with or offers free download of movie maker software that will do this but I am sure that there are may other programs that add more fancy features if you must.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The question is how important do you consider it that a coin program be a video rather than a slide show with voiceover explanation of what was being shown.&nbsp; You are not limited to a single image but could have a combined shot of both sides or super crops of small details as needed.&nbsp; You could add animations or zoom in/out as you wish but everything would be in control frame by frame in a way I could not do with a video camera in real time. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have not tried it yet but wonder it you think it is an idea worth pursuing or is the appeal of &#039;real&#039; video just so appealing that you could not tolerate a movie of stills.&nbsp; Has anyone tried it?&nbsp; Is it worth trying or a waste of time?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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