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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4656246, member: 19463&quot;]Here lately with no coin shows, no places to volunteer and plenty of time, we have learned a bit about Zoom meetings.&nbsp; To enable meeting with coin friends via Zoom (I assume the same would work with Google and Microsoft platforms), I bought a small USB camera with a fully adjustable 5-50mm zoom lens on a c-mount camera.&nbsp; I opted for the cheaper 2 megapixel model which is enough for show and tell but they come in 5 meg for a little more.&nbsp; When plugged in to my laptop Zoom offers a selection between the camera built in to the laptop (marked with the yellow V) and the USB camera with a single click of the button so swapping back and forth would be easy.&nbsp; It does seem unnecessary, however, to show my face so the thing can be left on the coin all the time if desired.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149303[/ATTACH] </p><p>The camera has three adjustment rings for focus, aperture and zoom which are poorly differentiated so I put rubber bands of different colors on them making adjustments easier. The smallest field filling coin is about 10mm but that is at about 15mm from the front of the lens so lighting becomes an issue.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is most comfortable in the denarius range.&nbsp; I found a scrap of wood from previous projects and made a stand that can be rotated in the light as desired.&nbsp; You can hold the coin under the lens and wiggle if you must but I may have to work on an accessory tilt and spin device later.&nbsp; Focus, exposure and zooming are completely manual.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone played with anything like this?&nbsp; You can take photos and videos with the software built in to Windows 10 but the 2 MP camera is not as good as would tempt me to do that. I know some of you have expressed security concerns with Zoom in the past.&nbsp; Are there any updates?&nbsp; We use it regularly for library book discussions and church meetings now that neither of those are happening in person.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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