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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 3161574, member: 93702"]I spent some time on Doug Smith's site trying to improve my pathetic coin photographs. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the camera rigs on display were impressive. My goal was to find improvement at a total investment of $0 (it's how I roll)..</p><p><br /></p><p>I was mostly using my iPhone previously and sometimes a webcam type device. Perhaps others can get great photos with phones but no matter what I tried the quality wasn't consistently acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I found a small digital camera in a drawer that hadn't been used since circa 2011.</p><p>(found some fun photos of the kids still on it - added bonus!)..</p><p><br /></p><p>As all good Canadian's do I cut a hockey stick and rigged this up...haha.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811630[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I know these are far from perfect but from what I was producing previously this is an incredible improvement. These are exactly the type of coins that caused me the most trouble - mostly dark patina with rough surfaces and some hard to grab detail..</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other pointers are greatly appreciated (as long as we stick to the budget!)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also - Doug - thank you for creating such an informative website!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811618[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811633[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811635[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811636[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 3161574, member: 93702"]I spent some time on Doug Smith's site trying to improve my pathetic coin photographs. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/[/url] Some of the camera rigs on display were impressive. My goal was to find improvement at a total investment of $0 (it's how I roll).. I was mostly using my iPhone previously and sometimes a webcam type device. Perhaps others can get great photos with phones but no matter what I tried the quality wasn't consistently acceptable. So I found a small digital camera in a drawer that hadn't been used since circa 2011. (found some fun photos of the kids still on it - added bonus!).. As all good Canadian's do I cut a hockey stick and rigged this up...haha. [ATTACH=full]811630[/ATTACH] I know these are far from perfect but from what I was producing previously this is an incredible improvement. These are exactly the type of coins that caused me the most trouble - mostly dark patina with rough surfaces and some hard to grab detail.. Any other pointers are greatly appreciated (as long as we stick to the budget!) Also - Doug - thank you for creating such an informative website! [ATTACH=full]811618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811635[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811636[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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