Today's technology is incredible ...
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I bought my first digital camera about six years ago. Cost me ~$500 or so. It was not a good coin pictures camera but it allowed the family and me to keep a photo file on the computer. Last year I purchased a Nikon 885 off of e-bay for ~ $100 as I recall (thanks to Russ' urging). A MUCH better camera for coin pics. A few years earlier I had downloaded Adobe Photoshop Album Starter V.3 (freeware) and within the last 6 or 8 months have been using PaintNET (again, freeware) to resize, crop and sharpen photos and to construct composites. It struck me that while I am certainly neither a cutting edge photographer nor picture composer, some fairly recent technology has seriously expanded my capacity to REALLY ENJOY this hobby beyond a coin find/purchase that fills a hole in a collection. Ten years ago there is no way we (I) could do with photography/composition what we (I) can do today - and it does not have to cost an arm and a leg to do it. Simply incredible! I enjoy putting together composit pics that require at least decent photo skills and a bit of artistic cutting and pasting. Here is an example. Show us yours. Here is to technological advance.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
–John Adams, 1826
–John Adams, 1826
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and a image that shows the frost as small crystals..... This is one chilly Frankie!
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
–John Adams, 1826
I really enjoy the photography aspect. I also enjoy the Web as it allows us to share our digital photos.
The growth of numismatic technology has been witnessed by those of us who have been here since day one.
For those of us who have read forum posts since its inception, in the early days, one thing we know for sure...
The forum is the cutting edge of coin imaging technology.