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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 5382121, member: 56859&quot;]There are many good points made in this thread.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to devise a smoothly moving platform that would mimic the in-hand motions but agree that having fingers in the shot lends scale and other less tangible information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Critique of Doug&#039;s video and method:&nbsp; because of the relatively large size of the platform (a cut in half sports ball of some sort, if I recall), the tilt also causes the coin to move off-center, and your camera didn&#039;t track the focusing well.</p><p><br /></p><p>A smaller diameter of the ball or platform would help the centering.&nbsp; Perhaps a metal ball joint of some sort, with a flat platform on top?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of my in-hand videos.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are too many fingers in this Philip II tet video but it did allow for better control of the coin.&nbsp; This video is a good example of how dynamic imaging can convey the toning and iridescence better than a still image.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]4IDMwan1i9Y[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one-handed video looks a bit nicer but I didn&#039;t move the coin around enough.&nbsp; Still, the video certainly shows the relief better than a single still image.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]sd1ZmELCN00[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze coins don&#039;t benefit as much as silver but it still gives good information and allows raised areas to be seen more clearly.&nbsp; I should have moved the coin around more in this video.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]2IYZVbfcD6Y[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>I take back what I said about bronze coins not benefiting as much as silver.&nbsp; Maybe they benefit more.&nbsp; Bronze coins with dark or shiny patinas pose a dilemma when shooting stills:&nbsp; do you take a picture of the reflections, which often shows the devices more clearly, or do you use indirect light to more accurately show the color, sacrificing device detail?&nbsp; With a video you can show both.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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