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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 975824, member: 15309"]The problem as I see it is that most of the people with good coin photography skills usually don't have to ask questions about their coins because they are already experienced collectors. I consider coin collecting and coin photography two different hobbies that are linked. The coin newbie is almost always going to be a photography newbie as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know how hard I worked to develop my photography skills and how much they have improved over the last 3 years. And I was an experienced numismatic collector at that point. I can't even imagine how difficult it would be for a coin newbie to generate a quality photograph. It would be either blind luck or previous experience of digital macro photography outside of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the size of the photos or scans, the software for these forums has automatic image re-sizers. The size of the photograph should not even be an issue IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 975824, member: 15309"]The problem as I see it is that most of the people with good coin photography skills usually don't have to ask questions about their coins because they are already experienced collectors. I consider coin collecting and coin photography two different hobbies that are linked. The coin newbie is almost always going to be a photography newbie as well. I know how hard I worked to develop my photography skills and how much they have improved over the last 3 years. And I was an experienced numismatic collector at that point. I can't even imagine how difficult it would be for a coin newbie to generate a quality photograph. It would be either blind luck or previous experience of digital macro photography outside of numismatics. As for the size of the photos or scans, the software for these forums has automatic image re-sizers. The size of the photograph should not even be an issue IMO.[/QUOTE]
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