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Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 14:40:26 -0000
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Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Cameras for coins
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Roger M.
I agree about a session or even a workshop at C-4. I would really
enjoy a discussion of what has worked and what has not. Also a
discussion about making plates. I have put together a few, but I
would enjoy hearing about how others have conceptualized and executed
their plates. Finally, shooting silver coins! Copper comes out pretty
nice with good lighting, but Mass Silver, Silver St. Pats etc. have
me challenged.
Roger S.
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, Roger Moore
<rogermoore435@y...> wrote:
> Roy, Thank you for your informative discussion. It
> will help me. It also occurs to me that there is an
> incredible depth of knowledge about cameras and their
> accessories in our small group. I for one would think
> a symposium on colonial coin picture taking at some
> future C-4 club meeting would be a great idea. I
> stress "colonial" picture taking because I think it is
> harder to get good images of these coins than other
> types of coins. Just a thought for agenda makers.
> Roger
>
>
> --- Roy Bonjour <r.bonjour@w...> wrote:
> > Ray brought up an exceptionally important fact. A
> > camera will be advertised
> > as 10X zoom. This is very misleading because it is
> > arrived at by multiplying
> > the optical (lens) zoom by the digital zoom. The
> > digital zoom should never
> > be used because it degrades the quality of the
> > picture.
> >
> > I've read the word "Photoshop" frequently over the
> > months and I believe it
> > should be modified. Photoshop is the best image
> > program made; it is also
> > the most difficult to learn. It also does things
> > that you will never be
> > interested in as it was made for professionals. With
> > this in mind, Photoshop
> > came out with what I think, is the best program for
> > the novice: Photoshop
> > Elements 2. The program lists for $99 and is
> > frequently discounted with
> > rebates. Last year I posted that Amazon.com was
> > selling it under $50 (not
> > now). You can do everything that you will need with
> > this program. It has
> > received top reviews throughout the industry. It
> > also has "dumbed" many of
> > the most important adjustments needed in digital
> > photography. We have yet
> > to reach the point where the camera will turn out a
> > perfect picture.
> >
> > As most of you have said: "It's the lighting stupid,
> > the lighting." This is
> > the key and the best way is buy a light or 2 and
> > play with it. You learn by
> > doing. The best part of the digital camera is it
> > doesn't cost anything to
> > take a bad picture. Each coin is unique and the
> > lighting has to fit the
> > subject (but certain positions will work well for
> > almost all coins.)
> >
> > Now I must take exception with the pixel count.
> > 2,3,4,5,6, etc. all depends
> > on what you want to do with the results. The higher
> > the number the larger
> > picture you can PRINT. To take a picture of a coin
> > and stay within the 8 X
> > 10 range you can easily use a 4 meg camera and get
> > top pictures. I've been
> > using digital camera for a long time. My present
> > camera was an Olympus 460
> > with a 1.3 megapixels. (I bought it when the
> > industry was just coming out
> > with a 2 megapxel camera). I used the word was,
> > because it just dropped
> > dead. I've owned 2 Olympus digital cameras and the
> > results have been more
> > than satisfactory, but they both broke, so I would
> > not recommend them.
> > Sharp pictures are also the product of a good lens.
> > Large pixel count and a
> > so so lens gives you so so results. Almost all
> > digital camera allow close
> > focus, but enough!
> > Roy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray Williams" <njraywms@o...>
> > To: <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Cameras for
> > coins
> >
> >
> > > Roger and Roger,
> > > Zooming in to get a picture of the date is
> > better done with an optical
> > > zoom rather than a digital zoom. Digitally
> > zooming in looks as though the
> > > pixels get larger, and when you zoom too far, it's
> > like looking at a
> > > newspaper photograph with a magnifying glass - all
> > you see is a lot of
> > dots.
> > > Maybe with the newer megapixel cameras this isn't
> > as bad as it was with
> > the
> > > earlier cameras.
> > > Ray W
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "mantoloking2002" <rogersiboni@a...>
> > > To: <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 12:39 AM
> > > Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Cameras for
> > coins
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yes,
> > > >
> > > > But you can also acheive this (perhaps better)
> > with software.
> > > >
> > > > Roger
> > > >
> > > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, Roger
> > Moore
> > > > <rogermoore435@y...> wrote:
> > > > > Thanks Roger. Can you get close ups, such as
> > just the
> > > > > date with the camera? Roger
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- mantoloking2002 <rogersiboni@a...> wrote:
> > > > > > Roger,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I own a Nikon Cool Pix 990PF. It has a lot
> > of bells
> > > > > > and whistles I
> > > > > > don't use and while Nikon has advanced the
> > > > > > technology a bit, it still
> > > > > > works just fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have to agree with Marcus though. I
> > suspect most
> > > > > > digital Cameras at
> > > > > > a certain quality level will work just fine.
> > What I
> > > > > > have found to be
> > > > > > far far more important is lighting, filters,
> > > > > > background and the
> > > > > > tripod or mount you you use. Also how you
> > edit the
> > > > > > image with
> > > > > > PhotoShop. Speaking as a beginer, I was
> > amazed how
> > > > > > these latter items
> > > > > > are what really make the difference.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roger S.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com,
> > Roger Moore
> > > > > > <rogermoore435@y...> wrote:
> > > > > > > I surrender!! I spent the afternoon at a
> > camera
> > > > > > show
> > > > > > > with every intention of buying a digital
> > camera
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > taking pictures of coins. I wanted the
> > ability to
> > > > > > > take nice single shots of a coin, as seen
> > so often
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > > this site, and get even closer shots of
> > defects on
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > date or some other detail on the coin. I
> > was over
> > > > > > > whelmed with information and detail and at
> > the
> > > > > > same
> > > > > > > time did not seem to be getting any
> > answers to
> > > > > > > questions that I was asking (perhaps my
> > questions
> > > > > > were
> > > > > > > just wrong). Evidently digital video
> > cameras can
> > > > > > take
> > > > > > > close ups better when used in a single
> > shot mode
> > > > > > than
> > > > > > > single shot cameras? SLR is better but
> > more
> > > > > > expensive
> > > > > > > than non SLR? etc?
> > > > > > > Sooo, my question to you is very specific.
> > To
> > > > > > each of
> > > > > > > you that are posting such great pictures,
> > what
> > > > > > exactly
> > > > > > > do you use??? And if you had to buy a new
> > camera,
> > > > > > > what whould you be thinking of getting?
> > Why?
> > > > > > > I admit that I am pretty much lost when
> > talking to
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > sales people. I don't know what is truth
> > and what
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > > hype. Thanks Roger
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > __________________________________
> > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!?
> >
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>
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