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<p>[QUOTE="Eric Babula, post: 3646850, member: 85976"]Back in the day, there was a guy named Eric Tillery (k6az was his handle - remember him?) who was a very good photographer and connoisseur of Morgan Dollars. Not sure if he's still around the coin forums anymore or not. He and I (and others) had a discussion about photographing with a point-and-shoot vs a DSLR. He challenged the group to use a point-and-shoot to take a pic of a blast white Mercury Dime that would equal the quality of one that he posted. Being one who's up for challenges, my response was "challenge accepted" (assuming that I wasn't going to succeed, but wanting to get there anyway!). I think I was the only one who took up the challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short, I failed......miserably! After hours of shooting my Merc (possibly the same Merc as shown in my pics above, I can't recall anymore - that was like in 2004, maybe), I came to the conclusion, and admitted to the newsgroup, that I could not equal the DSLR, or even come close.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, shooting with my relatively cheap DSLR that I bought in like 2005 or 2006, and with my super expensive ($60) new macro lens <img src="https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/wink.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> I fully realize the futility in the efforts I made back then! Even with my cheap equipment, the pics I'm getting (see above), are far better than anything I ever did with my point-and-shoot. YMMV.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I know I have LOTS to learn, but, with guidance from you guys/gals and much more practice, I'll be able to be happy with my results in the end. This may end up being a secondary "coin" obsession for me!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again in advance for any additional advice!! This is fun![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Babula, post: 3646850, member: 85976"]Back in the day, there was a guy named Eric Tillery (k6az was his handle - remember him?) who was a very good photographer and connoisseur of Morgan Dollars. Not sure if he's still around the coin forums anymore or not. He and I (and others) had a discussion about photographing with a point-and-shoot vs a DSLR. He challenged the group to use a point-and-shoot to take a pic of a blast white Mercury Dime that would equal the quality of one that he posted. Being one who's up for challenges, my response was "challenge accepted" (assuming that I wasn't going to succeed, but wanting to get there anyway!). I think I was the only one who took up the challenge. Long story short, I failed......miserably! After hours of shooting my Merc (possibly the same Merc as shown in my pics above, I can't recall anymore - that was like in 2004, maybe), I came to the conclusion, and admitted to the newsgroup, that I could not equal the DSLR, or even come close. Now, shooting with my relatively cheap DSLR that I bought in like 2005 or 2006, and with my super expensive ($60) new macro lens [IMG]https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/wink.png[/IMG] I fully realize the futility in the efforts I made back then! Even with my cheap equipment, the pics I'm getting (see above), are far better than anything I ever did with my point-and-shoot. YMMV. Again, I know I have LOTS to learn, but, with guidance from you guys/gals and much more practice, I'll be able to be happy with my results in the end. This may end up being a secondary "coin" obsession for me! Thanks again in advance for any additional advice!! This is fun![/QUOTE]
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