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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3985251, member: 101855"]From my experience, I would avoid any camera that is tied to a computer. The trouble is every time Microsoft (in my experience) and probably Apple does an update, the camera will not interface with the revised software. After contacting the camera company, the thing gets jacked up again, but as soon as there is an update, the interface is history.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want one of these cameras, you use a computer that never interfaces with the Internet for updates, and use that with the camera exclusively.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have expressed these problems elsewhere, and have been shouted down for it. I spent $450 on a fancy camera some years ago and got very little use out of it because of this problem. I have a very good computer expert who takes care of my machines for viruses and malware, and he has no luck with getting this device to work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don’t waste your money; don’t buy them. I use a regular camera, push the image size to the limit, and if I need a super close-up, I crop it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of what I do. This is a 1797 half dime, which is a very small coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049327[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3985251, member: 101855"]From my experience, I would avoid any camera that is tied to a computer. The trouble is every time Microsoft (in my experience) and probably Apple does an update, the camera will not interface with the revised software. After contacting the camera company, the thing gets jacked up again, but as soon as there is an update, the interface is history. If you want one of these cameras, you use a computer that never interfaces with the Internet for updates, and use that with the camera exclusively. I have expressed these problems elsewhere, and have been shouted down for it. I spent $450 on a fancy camera some years ago and got very little use out of it because of this problem. I have a very good computer expert who takes care of my machines for viruses and malware, and he has no luck with getting this device to work. Don’t waste your money; don’t buy them. I use a regular camera, push the image size to the limit, and if I need a super close-up, I crop it. Here is an example of what I do. This is a 1797 half dime, which is a very small coin. [ATTACH=full]1049327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1049328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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