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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 115000, member: 4381"]<<Image is cropped and I focused on the same place you did, and the lens gets you to just under 11 inches, so it's close enough for this, but not close enough to get any more detail (parts of a coin, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hosthideout.com/images/other/morgans.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hosthideout.com/images/other/morgans.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.hosthideout.com/images/other/morgans.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, if you want better images, you're going to have upgrade the equipment (as opposed to getting filters, etc.)>></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow - great detail, very crisp. That particular photo that you picked for some reason focused on the label on the face of the slab instead of the coin. there are some of the Barbara which are clearer. There is a double die on the bottom of the Barbara which was drivin me crazy until I finaly looked at the coin under my magnifying glass to discover - Low and Behold! It was "out of focus in real life as well!". then I realized it was a mechanical doubling on the date and on other parts of the coin as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that I have nothing personally at stake with this. I have nothering at stake with my camera - its just a point a click jobbie that I brought. The Camera was about 4-6 inches from the coin in many cases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 115000, member: 4381"]<<Image is cropped and I focused on the same place you did, and the lens gets you to just under 11 inches, so it's close enough for this, but not close enough to get any more detail (parts of a coin, etc.) [url]http://www.hosthideout.com/images/other/morgans.jpg[/url] Ultimately, if you want better images, you're going to have upgrade the equipment (as opposed to getting filters, etc.)>> Wow - great detail, very crisp. That particular photo that you picked for some reason focused on the label on the face of the slab instead of the coin. there are some of the Barbara which are clearer. There is a double die on the bottom of the Barbara which was drivin me crazy until I finaly looked at the coin under my magnifying glass to discover - Low and Behold! It was "out of focus in real life as well!". then I realized it was a mechanical doubling on the date and on other parts of the coin as well ;) Keep in mind that I have nothing personally at stake with this. I have nothering at stake with my camera - its just a point a click jobbie that I brought. The Camera was about 4-6 inches from the coin in many cases.[/QUOTE]
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