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<p>[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 2800702, member: 77413"]I've been thinking of starting a thread just like this. Thanks for doing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't see the point of having my coins locked away where I can't enjoy them, or having to dig them out to look at them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been photographing the coins and putting them on a network-attached storage device (NAS) - basically a big disk drive on my home network. It supports remote access from my iPhone so I can see any photo at any time wherever I am. This comes in handy on a visit to the LCS if I want to show them something.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have also been exploring animating the images. (See the thread <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/animation-and-coin-photography.297411/page-3#post-2787439" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/animation-and-coin-photography.297411/page-3#post-2787439">Animation and Coin Photography</a> or <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2799444/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2799444/">Which US Coin has the best design? </a>if you haven't been inundated with them yet.) I wrote a little program that shows these animated images on both of my desktop monitors, like this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]652861[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The images are displayed in random order for 15 seconds each, and when each one has been displayed, shows them all over again in a new sequence. I haven't photographed everything, but I'm getting there. Fifteen seconds is enough time for me to appreciate the 3-D effect of the moving images and take a good look at the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me this works great! It's as if someone were handing me each of my coins and suggesting I take a close look. There is as much detail as if I had a loupe and moved the coin in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, between the keyboard and the monitors there are actual coins - my 1950 proof birth year set. To the left of the picture is a 1917 year set for my parents' birth year. These always deserve to be seen.</p><ul> <li>I enjoy tracking down really nice coins</li> <li>I enjoy photographing them</li> <li>I like figuring out how to animate them to show the in-hand look</li> <li>Writing the software to straighten, crop, and animate the photos is fun</li> <li>Writing the on-screen displayer was also fun</li> <li>And I like to look at the pictures</li> <li>Edit: How could I fail to say how much CoinTalk adds to the enjoyment! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 2800702, member: 77413"]I've been thinking of starting a thread just like this. Thanks for doing it. I don't see the point of having my coins locked away where I can't enjoy them, or having to dig them out to look at them. I have been photographing the coins and putting them on a network-attached storage device (NAS) - basically a big disk drive on my home network. It supports remote access from my iPhone so I can see any photo at any time wherever I am. This comes in handy on a visit to the LCS if I want to show them something. I have also been exploring animating the images. (See the thread [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/animation-and-coin-photography.297411/page-3#post-2787439']Animation and Coin Photography[/URL] or [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2799444/']Which US Coin has the best design? [/URL]if you haven't been inundated with them yet.) I wrote a little program that shows these animated images on both of my desktop monitors, like this: [ATTACH=full]652861[/ATTACH] The images are displayed in random order for 15 seconds each, and when each one has been displayed, shows them all over again in a new sequence. I haven't photographed everything, but I'm getting there. Fifteen seconds is enough time for me to appreciate the 3-D effect of the moving images and take a good look at the coin. For me this works great! It's as if someone were handing me each of my coins and suggesting I take a close look. There is as much detail as if I had a loupe and moved the coin in hand. By the way, between the keyboard and the monitors there are actual coins - my 1950 proof birth year set. To the left of the picture is a 1917 year set for my parents' birth year. These always deserve to be seen. [LIST] [*]I enjoy tracking down really nice coins [*]I enjoy photographing them [*]I like figuring out how to animate them to show the in-hand look [*]Writing the software to straighten, crop, and animate the photos is fun [*]Writing the on-screen displayer was also fun [*]And I like to look at the pictures [*]Edit: How could I fail to say how much CoinTalk adds to the enjoyment! :smuggrin: [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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