Peter Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Do you know your banknotes, Peter?A client of mine has a Somerset £50 with the serial A01.Is that anything exciting?Not really DeclanMy 2004 Rotographic books Somerset A01 in AU £120.The reference RB194 refers.I started with 10/- notes after I was given/discovered a 1940 unopened wage packet.It had 2 10/- notes.I sought out more and also amassed £1 notes.The rare ones are replacement type with a M prefix.You get scammers in the note field with ironing being the main cheat.(surprising there are not more female collectors )Maybe the rainbow coin boys might like to add notes to their collections.Now where did I leave my florescent pens? Quote
declanwmagee Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Thanks for checking anyway Peter - it's the same collector who amassed those sovereigns, so anything he collected automatically gets checked out now! Quote
pies Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 This is my set up and i still get rubbish pics .I move it to the natural light when taking a pic and i have a wireless remote.I have tried everything i can to get better pics. Quote
Coinery Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 This is my set up and i still get rubbish pics .I move it to the natural light when taking a pic and i have a wireless remote.I have tried everything i can to get better pics.IMG_1232.JPGAll I can say Pies is it's a big old pain in the arse!I'm waiting on the arrival of some 18% grey sheet to start tinkering with my White Balance, as this is the key to professional pictures IMHO! It's certainly where my own photography is suffering! Quote
pies Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) All I can say Pies is it's a big old pain in the arse!I'm waiting on the arrival of some 18% grey sheet to start tinkering with my White Balance, as this is the key to professional pictures IMHO! It's certainly where my own photography is suffering!What makes it worse it my dad was a pro photographer for 10 years Edited October 29, 2013 by pies Quote
Peckris Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 This is my set up and i still get rubbish pics .I move it to the natural light when taking a pic and i have a wireless remote.I have tried everything i can to get better pics.IMG_1232.JPGNothing wrong with the equipment there. I suspect it's your light source. If "natural", is the camera casting a shadow? Quote
Gary1000 Posted November 1, 2013 Posted November 1, 2013 Guess what arrived in the post today, that was quick. I'll give it a try when I get home tonight. Looking at it there's plenty of profit margin in it, won't be long before they are starting at 99p. Quote
Gary D Posted November 2, 2013 Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Guess what arrived in the post today, that was quick. I'll give it a try when I get home tonight. Looking at it there's plenty of profit margin in it, won't be long before they are starting at 99p.Well it's a business card scanner made by Shixin. The best bit is it doesn't work. When I turn it on a prompt tells me that it has malfunctioned Edited November 2, 2013 by Gary D Quote
davidrj Posted November 2, 2013 Author Posted November 2, 2013 Apologies for that Gary, if it's any consolation, mine arrived today - looks cheap tatt will have a play later Quote
Gary D Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Apologies for that Gary, if it's any consolation, mine arrived today - looks cheap tatt will have a play laterIt would be good to know if yours works. I'm running XP and it comes up as an unknown device, digging deeper it says that it has malfunctioned and should be changed for a working unit.Yes is does look cheap. The Shixin website suggests they should be about £28 so I guess we didn't pay too much over the top. Quote
davidrj Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Test 1 (gloomy daylight)Test 2 (gloomy daylight) Edited November 3, 2013 by davidrj Quote
davidrj Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 test3 - a very darkly toned Thai 2 Att (built in LED)Test 4previous 3 cleaned up and composited Quote
davidrj Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 My opinion - very quick and easy to use so probably fine for listing some of my surplus crap duplicates on Ebay, sadly NOT good enough to catalogue my collection Quote
Peckris Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Unfortunately those pictures are in the execrable Photofucket, so the same size as they are here Do you have any selected enlargements David? Those would prove whether this thing is any good or not. Quote
davidrj Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 Unfortunately those pictures are in the execrable Photofucket, so the same size as they are here Do you have any selected enlargements David? Those would prove whether this thing is any good or not.crop from 1967 penny Quote
Peckris Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Unfortunately those pictures are in the execrable Photofucket, so the same size as they are here Do you have any selected enlargements David? Those would prove whether this thing is any good or not.crop from 1967 pennyHmm. That's worse than my 150 dpi scans blown up in Photoshop! Well, certainly no better. Quote
Peter Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Mine has arrived.Old faithful Acer should be back on the road later this week for a test run.Looks fine for ripping Ebay listings and the less important coins in my collection (do I really need fantastic images of my George V1 1/4d's?)Stamps,banknotes,ciggie cards and a (few images from my Jazz Mags ) I have high hopes for. For just over £40 delivered from HK I don't begrudge the seller.It can only be improved on. Quote
Gary D Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 I finally got mine working with my sons laptop which runs Vista. I guess it's a driver problem with my XP desk top. Quote
davidrj Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 I finally got mine working with my sons laptop which runs Vista. I guess it's a driver problem with my XP desk top.try downloading a generic XP USB2.0 camera driver Quote
davidrj Posted November 18, 2013 Author Posted November 18, 2013 This one looks interesting & more infoThis one's 5MP, and looks sturdier than the one we've been discussing above Quote
Peckris Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 This one looks interesting & more infoThis one's 5MP, and looks sturdier than the one we've been discussing aboveThat does look interesting, and there's a Mac version too. It says it's a document camera - I would hope it has enough depth of field for even the most raised or deep engraved coin design? (I'm especially thinking 1797 twopence here). One problem is that unlike one rival, it doesn't come with a built-in LED light. Quote
Garrett Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Just found this thread while searching for the photography section.I had read the excellent article Paulus had posted and walked into a camera shop only to find nothing with prices on apart from $20/week and stuff like that. Second camera shop and all the assistants were too busy (it was a Saturday morning).Ended up giving in and found this camera on eBay. Thought WTF $60-00 US, give it a go.Was going to write how crap it is and warn everyone but saw Davids photo's above, I can't get near that so must be doing something wrong.Will go back and try again.cheersGarrett. Quote
Garrett Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Okay that's better, still not brilliant but better. I did have some of the config wrong.Might try again later in natural light. Takes some maneuvering to get the lighting okay.....cheersGarrett. Quote
davidrj Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 I got far better results with daylight, the built in lamp is shite inadequate Quote
Garrett Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks DavidMore experimentation is required, perhaps a few beers later on and I will get creative.This was my effort just now in natural light. Direct sunlight was abhorrent, this was in the shade. Maybe I could try some tin foil to reflect the light....Anyway, it's been fun, and will do me for now. cheers and thanksGarrett. Quote
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