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Serial_Zappist

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Digital Microscope for Photos?
« on: February 11, 2009, 12:44:45 am »
Im looking to get one of these.
Does anyone have a similar model to one of these and can show a picture of a coin that they took? Or know which model would be the best for cleaning and photography?
It seems like something i would love to use for cleaning also.
But if im gonna spend that kind of money on something i would like to see some feedback from anyone that has one of them.
It should be everything that i need if it takes pictures and allows me to watch what im cleaning on T.V. (plug to computer then plug computer into tv).  :)

the model im looking at is the   Dino-Lite Pro AM413TL  (<--copy and paste it in google)
Anyone played around with them?
 
 



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Re: Digital Microscope for Photos?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2009, 05:33:17 pm »
One thing to look out for is that most models will not allow a photo or image of the whole coin at once. They are too powerful and will just pick up part of a coin unless it is a very small one. Otherwise they look like a fun piece of kit for examining coins really closely, just no good for coin photgraphy generally.

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Re: Digital Microscope for Photos?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2009, 07:01:34 pm »
as far as cleaning goes,  I don't hink you need any more magnification than 30X

My current scope has 5X - 10 X 15X and 30 X,  and nis fantastic for cleaning   and seeing small details

For the Scopes that display on the screen,  I was looking at those too,  but  was worried about the lag between the scope and screen,  I would have had to have a dedicated comp for the one I was looking at. or be faced with massive upgrades.

Make sure the 2  ( scope and screen ) will display in real time with no lag . I think it would be incredibly frustrating ,  especially during the cleaning, to have lag

here are a few post that might help

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=41868.0

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=49719.0

hope this helps

 

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