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<p>[QUOTE="nesvt, post: 58199, member: 1749"]I plan to pick up a QX3+ too. I have heard great things about the QX3 and QX5, but I've heard the QX3+ was the best of the three. Another earlier post mentioned that the plastic edge has to be ground or filed down to allow photographing slabbed coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a stereo microscope that does not have a camera attachment. This scope was $200 and has 30x and 60x power (15x eyepieces with 2x and 4x main lenses). Do you have a digital camera? I have a compact Olympus camera. I just hold the camera up to one of the eyepieces. No macro mode. No focusing. I just turn off the flash. Have to shoot a few pictures and pick the best, but digital is cheap. Here's a photo of a lamination error I found on Morgan dollar over the weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still want to pick up a QX scope. For me, it will be ideal when traveling for work and making a few detours at coin shops.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.gmavt.net/~nesvt/LAM1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nesvt, post: 58199, member: 1749"]I plan to pick up a QX3+ too. I have heard great things about the QX3 and QX5, but I've heard the QX3+ was the best of the three. Another earlier post mentioned that the plastic edge has to be ground or filed down to allow photographing slabbed coins. I also have a stereo microscope that does not have a camera attachment. This scope was $200 and has 30x and 60x power (15x eyepieces with 2x and 4x main lenses). Do you have a digital camera? I have a compact Olympus camera. I just hold the camera up to one of the eyepieces. No macro mode. No focusing. I just turn off the flash. Have to shoot a few pictures and pick the best, but digital is cheap. Here's a photo of a lamination error I found on Morgan dollar over the weekend. I still want to pick up a QX scope. For me, it will be ideal when traveling for work and making a few detours at coin shops. [IMG]http://www.gmavt.net/~nesvt/LAM1.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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