Nice shot there Stuart, I've been waiting to see how you would do with your new camera. I'm even more amazed at how large the image is and still being under 50k. Thanks for sharing.
Here's a comparison of 3 versions of the same obverse & reverse images of my 1885-CC ANACS MS-64 DMPL Morgan Dollar which were taken today with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 camera.
1) Original Raw Image with No Post-Processing
2) Contrast-Adjusted Image
3) Contrast-Adjusted & Sharpened Image
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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ER: If everyone else but me gets "Red X's" for these images, then I'll have to either find some other forum member to web host them, or I'll have to find my own web hosting solution from either my Yahoo! e-mail provider or my SBC broadband provider.
Here are a couple of images which I've had to reduce to 85% of original size to fit into the forum 50 KByte file size limitation. They are not quite as sharp as the originals, but you'll get the idea...
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
I just bought the new Walmart EZ as 123 for $9.95. It's a throwaway. You throw it away once you buy it. Glad to see everybody getting nice Christmas gifts except me.
Those are incredible pictures for someone using his camera for first time - is it as simple as just taking a picture??? I sweat when I think of taking pictures with my gizmo - by the time I'm done comparing and weeding out all the garbage I have no patience or time left to even crop 'n post
Marc: Thanks for your kind words in the previous post!
Today I was able to rapid fire shoot photos of about 20 coins (taking about 30 seconds to 1 minute per coin) once I set up my tripod and worktable by the window with some ambient reflected sunlight, by using the camera's automatic exposure, focus and macro settings.
I got many excellent photos considering that this was my first coin photo shoot with this new camera. There are still many advanced features for me to learn about this camera which will allow me room for growth and also room for improvement on future photos.
<< <i>Kurt: Please let us know how you liek your new canera once you've had a chance to use it a bit and get familiar with it. Did you purchase the FZ20 or another Lumix model?? >>
Well, I've spent some time with it... I got the FZ20, 1 gig SD card, extra battery... I'm still not happy with my lighting. I have one of those copy stands seen here on other threads. But all of my coins still end up looking dirty when they are actually nice white coins that I'm shooting. I have bought some GE "Reveal" bulbs that I've seen mentioned here. I'm also going to try sunlight. I'll let you know how it goes. When I get something good I'll try and figure out how to post...
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Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
1) Original Raw Image with No Post-Processing
2) Contrast-Adjusted Image
3) Contrast-Adjusted & Sharpened Image
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
Here are a couple of images which I've had to reduce to 85% of original size to fit into the forum 50 KByte file size limitation. They are not quite as sharp as the originals, but you'll get the idea...
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
Hello:
I just bought the new Walmart EZ as 123 for $9.95. It's a throwaway. You throw it away once you buy it. Glad to see everybody getting nice Christmas gifts except me.
eddye
Those are incredible pictures for someone using his camera for first time - is it as simple as just taking a picture??? I sweat when I think of taking pictures with my gizmo - by the time I'm done comparing and weeding out all the garbage I have no patience or time left to even crop 'n post
marc
Herb
Today I was able to rapid fire shoot photos of about 20 coins (taking about 30 seconds to 1 minute per coin) once I set up my tripod and worktable by the window with some ambient reflected sunlight, by using the camera's automatic exposure, focus and macro settings.
I got many excellent photos considering that this was my first coin photo shoot with this new camera. There are still many advanced features for me to learn about this camera which will allow me room for growth and also room for improvement on future photos.
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From another thread that I posted today, also including the 1881-CCPCGS MS-64 PL Morgan Photos... 1881-CC & 1885-CC Photo Thread
Here are photos of 2 Morgan Dollars with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 Digital Camera, as promised.
1881-CC PCGS MS-64 PL Morgan Dollar
1885-CC ANACS MS-64 DMPL Morgan Dollar
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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Did you purchase the FZ20 or another Lumix model??
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
<< <i>Kurt: Please let us know how you liek your new canera once you've had a chance to use it a bit and get familiar with it. Did you purchase the FZ20 or another Lumix model?? >>
Well, I've spent some time with it... I got the FZ20, 1 gig SD card, extra battery... I'm still not happy with my lighting. I have one of those copy stands seen here on other threads. But all of my coins still end up looking dirty when they are actually nice white coins that I'm shooting. I have bought some GE "Reveal" bulbs that I've seen mentioned here. I'm also going to try sunlight. I'll let you know how it goes. When I get something good I'll try and figure out how to post...
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Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"