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<p>[QUOTE="cj415, post: 6291525, member: 30598"]I'm liking mine, too. Some notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't figured out how to take photos of slabbed coins using the built-in lights. The light are so close to the lens that it's nearly impossible to get a non-reflective shot through a slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, for those of you considering one. The magnification is a little bit confusing. There is a focus adjustment, and a light adjustment, but no actual magnification adjustment. Instead, you are supposed to move the camera back and forth to adjust the level of magnification since, in actuality, the camera magnification itself never really changes. I found it hard to fit larger coins in the field of view, so I ended up being another flexible threaded arm to double the distance from the coin base to the camera and that helps a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Very fun. Very detailed views. Works on the Mac with lots of different camera applications (Photo Booth and even Zoom and Google Hangouts). My only complaints are the ones noted above about the built-in lights and the slightly misleading magnification specs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cj415, post: 6291525, member: 30598"]I'm liking mine, too. Some notes: I haven't figured out how to take photos of slabbed coins using the built-in lights. The light are so close to the lens that it's nearly impossible to get a non-reflective shot through a slab. Also, for those of you considering one. The magnification is a little bit confusing. There is a focus adjustment, and a light adjustment, but no actual magnification adjustment. Instead, you are supposed to move the camera back and forth to adjust the level of magnification since, in actuality, the camera magnification itself never really changes. I found it hard to fit larger coins in the field of view, so I ended up being another flexible threaded arm to double the distance from the coin base to the camera and that helps a lot. Very fun. Very detailed views. Works on the Mac with lots of different camera applications (Photo Booth and even Zoom and Google Hangouts). My only complaints are the ones noted above about the built-in lights and the slightly misleading magnification specs.[/QUOTE]
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