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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4522400, member: 57463"]Before you go to a microscope and camera as a single instrument, what kind of lenses are you using now? We have had these discussions here often. You should Search and read them to gain some context before you buy. (Just to say, I am a technical writer and I spent a year at Zeiss. I have an array of lenses and two microscopes.)</p><p><br /></p><p>See "Magnifiers" recently:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/magnifiers.358951/#post-4407999" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/magnifiers.358951/#post-4407999">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/magnifiers.358951/#post-4407999</a></p><p>See "Recommendations, please" a while back</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/recommendation-please.358551/#post-4368231" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/recommendation-please.358551/#post-4368231">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/recommendation-please.358551/#post-4368231</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(Love your avatar. Hate cute kittens. Shared that one.) I do not know what "crh'ing" is. My advice is <b>not</b> to buy the cheap one--especially if you do not know what you need and moreover you cannot know in advance if you can "fiddle around with it." And I would not go to Amazon for technical equipment that I knoiw nothing about. I would go to a reputable seller. Google "microscope" and go to an optics company. Their advertising alone will tell you much and they will have "white papers" (technical sales literature) online.</p><p>Start with Fisher Scientific. They sell several makes and models across a range from students (kids) to professional</p><p><a href="https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/products/I9C8L2FL/microscopes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/products/I9C8L2FL/microscopes.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/products/I9C8L2FL/microscopes.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of them will not take a whole coin. I use mine just for 11-mm (quarter inch) diameter ancients. Like a US 3-cent or US gold dollar. For that, I recommend a lens or loupe.</p><p><br /></p><p>DSLR= <b>Digital Single Lense Reflex.</b> What you see in the finder is what you shoot. The camera flips from the finder to the "film" (image surface). Old cameras had a finder and an image surface, like Kodak or Polaroid 1960. These days, it's not like that. DLSR is the default.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that if you want to use a camera for imaging, then you want a macro lens. Also, your recommendation for a <b>copy stand</b> is on-target because Guy F said that his hands (not his eyes) are the problem. But the "copy stand" can be anything, even just a cloth or thick paper on a table where you can work.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That was<b> two</b> warnings. The stand that came with the Mustcam was too short to image a silver dollar. The stand you use came with a <b>cheap model that failed</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the advice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4522400, member: 57463"]Before you go to a microscope and camera as a single instrument, what kind of lenses are you using now? We have had these discussions here often. You should Search and read them to gain some context before you buy. (Just to say, I am a technical writer and I spent a year at Zeiss. I have an array of lenses and two microscopes.) See "Magnifiers" recently: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/magnifiers.358951/#post-4407999[/URL] See "Recommendations, please" a while back [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/recommendation-please.358551/#post-4368231[/URL] (Love your avatar. Hate cute kittens. Shared that one.) I do not know what "crh'ing" is. My advice is [B]not[/B] to buy the cheap one--especially if you do not know what you need and moreover you cannot know in advance if you can "fiddle around with it." And I would not go to Amazon for technical equipment that I knoiw nothing about. I would go to a reputable seller. Google "microscope" and go to an optics company. Their advertising alone will tell you much and they will have "white papers" (technical sales literature) online. Start with Fisher Scientific. They sell several makes and models across a range from students (kids) to professional [URL]https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/products/I9C8L2FL/microscopes.html[/URL] Most of them will not take a whole coin. I use mine just for 11-mm (quarter inch) diameter ancients. Like a US 3-cent or US gold dollar. For that, I recommend a lens or loupe. DSLR= [B]Digital Single Lense Reflex.[/B] What you see in the finder is what you shoot. The camera flips from the finder to the "film" (image surface). Old cameras had a finder and an image surface, like Kodak or Polaroid 1960. These days, it's not like that. DLSR is the default. I agree that if you want to use a camera for imaging, then you want a macro lens. Also, your recommendation for a [B]copy stand[/B] is on-target because Guy F said that his hands (not his eyes) are the problem. But the "copy stand" can be anything, even just a cloth or thick paper on a table where you can work. That was[B] two[/B] warnings. The stand that came with the Mustcam was too short to image a silver dollar. The stand you use came with a [B]cheap model that failed[/B]. Thanks for the advice.[/QUOTE]
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