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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4634078, member: 110350"]These videos are becoming more and more common, especially in the Facebook ancient coin group to which I belong. They are definitely helpful in presenting a more realistic view of a coin than a still photograph. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am too much of a coward to have been the first one to mention the major issue I've been having with a lot of these videos, but since others have brought it up, I will too:</p><p><br /></p><p>Please, please make sure that you have clean and trimmed fingernails -- and, especially, please get rid of those ragged yellow cuticles and hangnails (especially around your thumbnail)! -- before making a coin video. If you can't bring yourself to do that, wear latex or nitrile gloves. It's way too distracting for me, and I don't think I'm unusually fussy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I've made it clear in the past that I have no problem with handling ancient coins. But I do try my best to hold them by the edges, and not put my thumbs directly upon them. So, assuming that you can't use your other hand to rotate the coin because you're using it to hold the camera, please learn to rotate the coin horizontally with the tip of your middle finger, instead of rotating it vertically, which inevitably results in a shot of your thumb planted right in the middle of the obverse or reverse. Why would I want to buy a coin from someone who's careless enough to do that, and possibly leave a thumbprint?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4634078, member: 110350"]These videos are becoming more and more common, especially in the Facebook ancient coin group to which I belong. They are definitely helpful in presenting a more realistic view of a coin than a still photograph. I am too much of a coward to have been the first one to mention the major issue I've been having with a lot of these videos, but since others have brought it up, I will too: Please, please make sure that you have clean and trimmed fingernails -- and, especially, please get rid of those ragged yellow cuticles and hangnails (especially around your thumbnail)! -- before making a coin video. If you can't bring yourself to do that, wear latex or nitrile gloves. It's way too distracting for me, and I don't think I'm unusually fussy. Also, I've made it clear in the past that I have no problem with handling ancient coins. But I do try my best to hold them by the edges, and not put my thumbs directly upon them. So, assuming that you can't use your other hand to rotate the coin because you're using it to hold the camera, please learn to rotate the coin horizontally with the tip of your middle finger, instead of rotating it vertically, which inevitably results in a shot of your thumb planted right in the middle of the obverse or reverse. Why would I want to buy a coin from someone who's careless enough to do that, and possibly leave a thumbprint?[/QUOTE]
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