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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2945922, member: 19463&quot;]We will each have our own opinion on just about every subject.&nbsp; Being right or wrong means little.&nbsp; Apollo blessed and cursed the prophetess Cassandra by enabling her to be right every time but ensuring no one would believe what she said.&nbsp; Many of us here take good photos.&nbsp; I put more into it and try to be the best I can be but that is serious overkill for the needs of participating on the lists.&nbsp; Here is my prophesy: What works for you is good for you.&nbsp; I find cell phone photos terrible but my Galaxy 8 takes better coin photos than 98% of phones and 50% of cameras.&nbsp; If you want to get into coin photography seriously, I will be happy to discuss the matter in private conversations.&nbsp; I keep saying I will update my coin photo web pages again (I have had many) but the most recent (not perfect by any means) is found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez.html</a></p><p>The photo below shows my current rig.&nbsp; Overkill?&nbsp; Certainly but I have made 20x30&quot; prints that please me so I am willing to accept the effort.</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/165937167.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Like all of us, I also have opinions on coins and collecting.&nbsp; I may not be right like Cassandra but she and I share the situation that no one wants to hear or prophesies/opinions.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe that a beginner, however zealous and however wealthy, should not buy a coin of Otho or any of another hundred &#039;rare&#039; varieties until they have gotten in some practice with coins of cheaper emperors&nbsp; that are not faked quite as often.&nbsp; Perhaps Vespasian, Trajan or a hundred others would provide a little &#039;feel&#039; for what an ancient coin should be.&nbsp; I am not suggesting you buy semi-identifiable scrap metal uncleaned uglies but just to avoid taking your drivers&#039; test in a Ferrari when a nice Toyota might suffice at first.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are a million different ancient coins.&nbsp; Your peers should not laugh at you because you don&#039;t have the 100 &#039;best&#039; right away.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will show a few of my recent coins and recent photos below.&nbsp; None are perfect.&nbsp; None cost what your Otho did.&nbsp; I have been collecting over 50 years and I did buy an Otho this year.&nbsp; I hope in 50 years you are still enjoying coins you bought today.</p><p>Trajan - honoring his birth father</p><p>[ATTACH=full]718402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Geta, son of Septimius Severus, Minerva</p><p>[ATTACH=full]718404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I AE tetradrachm of Alexandria / Serapis with Cerberus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]718406[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gela, Sicily, AE&nbsp; bull / river god</p><p>[ATTACH=full]718408[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>....and my Otho tetradrachm of Antioch (much less popular than the denarii)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]718414[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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