Just received my new camera/microscope and attempting to take pictures (see attachments). Can get pretty good detail when taking pictures of a partial coin. However, when I try to take the whole coin, the pictures seem to be blurry. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Geod
You reached the end of its range of focus The most significant problem inherent in almost all of these USB scopes ( except the more expensive "extended focus" ones) is the the focal range is not enough to get all of a coin in view , except maybe for a 3 cent silver. So when you try to get the whole coin, such as a cent, it can't do it. Some of these have a 0.5 plastic supplemental lens ( sometimes integrated into the lens cover ) that can help to make the dime/cent size, but that lens degrades the resolution. I read the specs on the scope on internet , and they do not mention min/max focal distances at all. Not that this is bad unless you thought you could take photos of whole coins. If you want it for what it does good, then it is similar to most of these types. I bought a similar product a couple of years ago and used it for a month and haven't used it since. Jim
There are a lot of people who think they can use a microscope like this to take photos of an entire coin. It ain't gonna work! If you want decent photos of an entire coin, buy a camera. If you want good close-ups of small details, you're going to have to spend more money for a better microscope. Chris
