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<p>[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 240656, member: 3813"]I do agree with adelv_unegv, and if you're not going to be shooting many coins, then you should just get one that does everything you want it to do, and is capable of a few coin shots. I'm not sure what to recommend though, as you didn't mention your price point (is it $100?).</p><p><br /></p><p>There could be a half dozen reasons why you were unsatisfied with the pictures you took, but keep in mind that a photograph is only as good as the glass (the lens) and @ $99, it's probable that the glass... isn't worth much. I used to shoot with lenses that cost over $3,000 (just for the lens).</p><p><br /></p><p>I needed to snap a quick picture of a Morgan the other day and this was taken by holding the coin in one hand, with the camera in the other hand, in low light (on the wrong setting with no correction), manually focused, and... it still came out sharper than 90% of the pictures people post with point and shoots and/or closeup filters...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.spacechicken.net/images/morgan.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 240656, member: 3813"]I do agree with adelv_unegv, and if you're not going to be shooting many coins, then you should just get one that does everything you want it to do, and is capable of a few coin shots. I'm not sure what to recommend though, as you didn't mention your price point (is it $100?). There could be a half dozen reasons why you were unsatisfied with the pictures you took, but keep in mind that a photograph is only as good as the glass (the lens) and @ $99, it's probable that the glass... isn't worth much. I used to shoot with lenses that cost over $3,000 (just for the lens). I needed to snap a quick picture of a Morgan the other day and this was taken by holding the coin in one hand, with the camera in the other hand, in low light (on the wrong setting with no correction), manually focused, and... it still came out sharper than 90% of the pictures people post with point and shoots and/or closeup filters... [img]http://www.spacechicken.net/images/morgan.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
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