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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EyeEatWheaties, post: 1156145, member: 26972&quot;]I like your set up.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I am a total newb to coin collecting, about a year now.&nbsp; I figured out quick that I couldn&#039;t ask questions without pics. So I went out and got a $100 12MP point and shoot with super macro and found that didn&#039;t really produce what I wanted - So I taped a&nbsp; loupe on.&nbsp; nope.&nbsp;&nbsp; time to Google.&nbsp; I found Goodmans Book right away and bought it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the requirements, if I was going to buy a new camera, was that I wanted images on my computer when I took the picture - at that time I was selling other small stuff on eBay and it was a big time consuming hassle, transfer,&nbsp; moving images, trying to remember what went with what..&nbsp; etc etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So I searched for a camera that I could tether to my computer. Turns out this was a common feature with early digitals but now, Only DSLR&#039;s have the capability. after searching photo forums and such, Canon was the only camera that came with software that did that.&nbsp; Big lump in the throat..&nbsp;&nbsp; 1k&nbsp; what!!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; SO I held my breathe, crossed my fingers and bought used on eBay.&nbsp; with in a month, I decided I want more.&nbsp; A monster was created.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The rest as they say is history.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I can rave all day long about the benefits of tethering.&nbsp; it starts with focus.&nbsp; My eyesight is shot and even though I can focus the coin on my monitor I find in magnification mode (about 75x) that I could fine tune even closer.&nbsp; Then came lighting..&nbsp; I swear you can have 2 coins, same grade, same Year and mint that look the same in hand that will reflect the light different.&nbsp; Either they are tilted in the slab, they were struck crooked...&nbsp; whatever.&nbsp;&nbsp; being able to slide the light over just an inch or two while viewing it on the monitor allows comparison to previous shots in a blink..</p><p><br /></p><p>I know I said I wouldn&#039;t rave, but after my limited experience, I can&#039;t picture for the life of me how Todd does it for example, I believe he mentioned that he looks through the viewfinder to focus.&nbsp; (BTW I have mine electrical taped because light does leak into it)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Browser that comes with Canon EOS cameras has a filmstrip of recent shots at the bottom, which is super nice when shooting a series for consistency between shots and makes &quot;production modes&quot; a breeze.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can computer control the cameras white balance, ISO, shutter speed, exposure with out getting my lazy butt outa the chair.. I could switch over to AUTO and do less work , but I prefer the tiny tweaks that you can do in manual, besides I&#039;m kind of like our 7th planet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the point is, that with all that tweaking of&nbsp; camera settings from the comfort of my chair, the only post editing I do, is the circular crop and I do that in GIMP since it was free and my old PS won&#039;t run on my 64 bit system and the tools for me feel more intuitive.&nbsp;&nbsp; The middle Lincoln of the 5 above had NGC prongs that I cloned out. IF you look super close you can see where they were.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a fan of SONY I started with them and the Mavicas - I thought I was the Chit with floppies and all ....&nbsp; lol&nbsp; The last few years I got off into video with Sony VX2100&nbsp;&nbsp; - this is one of my edits of one my sons friends. shot and edited by moi truly!&nbsp; <a href="http://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/261289/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/261289/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/261289/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh forgot to mention that you can look at the coin and look at your monitor to see if looks the same colorwise.&nbsp; Or you can pull around the lights to best position for color/tone captures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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