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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tmoneyeagles, post: 1067032, member: 17557&quot;]Well, technically my birthday isn&#039;t until tomorrow, but I think we can let this slide. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Today my mom had called to see if the Nikon D3100 Camera she had ordered, along with the upgraded lens, and carrying case were ready. They weren&#039;t. She had ordered the camera for my birthday on the 21st and the lens still had not come in. She got her refund and basically told me we were going to camera shopping. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>We went to a local Wolf Camera to see if they had the Nikon D3100 package deal like other stores, and we were in luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 1 P.M. I have been toying with the camera. Took me about an hour to understand how to take pictures with the thing let alone changing the white balance and other settings. I finally got it all figured out and took a picture of my <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t146832/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t146832/">1883-O Morgan Dollar</a>. (Will post the pic tomorrow!)</p><p>I was so impressed with the results, that I decided to re-shoot every coin I have graded, and every single shot was better than my previous shots, taken with my point and shoot camera.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that changed in this equation was the camera. The lighting and background stayed the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are before and after pictures of some of the coins I re-shot today.</p><p><br /></p><p>1913 1 Franc ICG MS65: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19131FrancICGMS65MyPics.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1913 1 Franc ICG MS65: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19131FrancICGMS65MyPic.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1913 50 Centimes NGC MS64: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/191350CentimesNGCMS64-3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1913 50 Centimes NGC MS64: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/191350CentimesNGCMS64-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1915 50 Centimes NGC MS65: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/191550CentimesNGCMS65-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1915 50 Centimes NGC MS65: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/191550CentimesNGCMS65-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1916 1 Franc NGC MS66: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19161FrancNGCMS66-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1916 1 Franc NGC MS66: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19161FrancNGCMS66-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1918 1 Franc PCGS MS65: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19181FrancPCGSMS65-3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1918 1 Franc PCGS MS65: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19181FrancPCGSMS65-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1919 50 Centimes NGC MS65: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/191950CentimesNGCMS65-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1919 50 Centimes NGC MS65: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/191950CentimesNGCMS65-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1919 1 Franc NGC MS65: Point and Shoot (Before)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19191FrancNGCMS65MyPics-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1919 1 Franc NGC MS65: Nikon D3100 (After)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/tmoneyagles_coins/19191FrancNGCMS65-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully this camera will continue to do wonders for me!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading, and thanks to all that have given me photography advice through the past year or so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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