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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3954803, member: 19463"]While I hate to give up the capability of shooting at night, I am also becoming a fan of natural daylight through a north window. I still have my ringlight and directional LED's standing by as backups on my current rig but they only get turned on when I don't like what I see with the light from the window.</p><p>I posted this elsewhere here. </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rg1400rp2461-jpg.1040272/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I will never understand the desire to shoot coins handheld. I prefer sharp photos of what are often less than perfectly sharp coins. In 2020, I plan to do more photos of the same old coins rather than chasing so many new ones in vain while the rest of you are paying more for coins and less for cameras. I make no claims of my brand being better than other brands but I will point out that I find more value in posts that include a sample photo of an ancient coin than those that only post words. We could discuss whether it is better to make the best, sharpest, well lit images that show every fault of our coins or leave the viewer wondering what the coin will look like under close examination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3954803, member: 19463"]While I hate to give up the capability of shooting at night, I am also becoming a fan of natural daylight through a north window. I still have my ringlight and directional LED's standing by as backups on my current rig but they only get turned on when I don't like what I see with the light from the window. I posted this elsewhere here. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rg1400rp2461-jpg.1040272/[/IMG] I will never understand the desire to shoot coins handheld. I prefer sharp photos of what are often less than perfectly sharp coins. In 2020, I plan to do more photos of the same old coins rather than chasing so many new ones in vain while the rest of you are paying more for coins and less for cameras. I make no claims of my brand being better than other brands but I will point out that I find more value in posts that include a sample photo of an ancient coin than those that only post words. We could discuss whether it is better to make the best, sharpest, well lit images that show every fault of our coins or leave the viewer wondering what the coin will look like under close examination.[/QUOTE]
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