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<p>[QUOTE="GSDykes, post: 2264175, member: 73321"]As most of us know "Coin Talk" is one of the BEST forums for coin photography. With its 1920 x 1920 pixel limits (and 10 MB size) one can really express good stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just purchased a 2008 Canon PowerShot SX110 IS. It is a 9 megapixel camera. Slightly used. I got it as I wanted slightly better images than what my Nikon CoolPix L6 provided. After much testing, the Canon is slightly better, but probably due to a slightly larger CCD. Anyways, this is one of my best shots with it. Using two lights (incandescent) one on each side. No light filtering, set white balance to incandescent. By the way, the Nikon, a 6 megapixel camera, sure has a good lens!! It is hard to beat for general photography. It has a 3x optical zoom, my newer Canon, used for the image below, has a 10x optical zoom. I placed the actual cent about 1 inch below the lens. So lets see some of your better images, and include imaging data and camera type. Please only one shot per reply. Below a 1916 S "woodie", a copper coin, as coppers are more difficult to capture perfectly (IMHO).</p><p>Gary in Washington</p><p>[ATTACH=full]449911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GSDykes, post: 2264175, member: 73321"]As most of us know "Coin Talk" is one of the BEST forums for coin photography. With its 1920 x 1920 pixel limits (and 10 MB size) one can really express good stuff. Just purchased a 2008 Canon PowerShot SX110 IS. It is a 9 megapixel camera. Slightly used. I got it as I wanted slightly better images than what my Nikon CoolPix L6 provided. After much testing, the Canon is slightly better, but probably due to a slightly larger CCD. Anyways, this is one of my best shots with it. Using two lights (incandescent) one on each side. No light filtering, set white balance to incandescent. By the way, the Nikon, a 6 megapixel camera, sure has a good lens!! It is hard to beat for general photography. It has a 3x optical zoom, my newer Canon, used for the image below, has a 10x optical zoom. I placed the actual cent about 1 inch below the lens. So lets see some of your better images, and include imaging data and camera type. Please only one shot per reply. Below a 1916 S "woodie", a copper coin, as coppers are more difficult to capture perfectly (IMHO). Gary in Washington [ATTACH=full]449911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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