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<p>[QUOTE="cwart, post: 8527335, member: 18487"]Can't remember the brand of the top of my head, but I've switched to a digital microscope for my coin pictures. I'll attach a couple of the results below. I'm actually pretty happy with the results usually. I don't use the light that came with the scope, its an absolute disaster for these pics. I do use a fairly cheap 4" ring light from amazon for the lightning. The hardest part for me so far has been getting th efocus right. In some of the pics I've taken not all of the coin has been in focus. I've also had some trouble with ambient light throwing the color of coin. Most have been OK, but a couple of my silver coins have come out looking pretty in pnk in the pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>** I just did a little dive through my Amazon history, its a 5mb Mustcam Digital Microscope</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cwart, post: 8527335, member: 18487"]Can't remember the brand of the top of my head, but I've switched to a digital microscope for my coin pictures. I'll attach a couple of the results below. I'm actually pretty happy with the results usually. I don't use the light that came with the scope, its an absolute disaster for these pics. I do use a fairly cheap 4" ring light from amazon for the lightning. The hardest part for me so far has been getting th efocus right. In some of the pics I've taken not all of the coin has been in focus. I've also had some trouble with ambient light throwing the color of coin. Most have been OK, but a couple of my silver coins have come out looking pretty in pnk in the pics. ** I just did a little dive through my Amazon history, its a 5mb Mustcam Digital Microscope [ATTACH=full]1507047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507050[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1507052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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