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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1245380, member: 15199"]You reached the end of its range of focus</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1245380, member: 15199"]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[/QUOTE]
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