Today I Received.....

[Charliemouse]

1 hour ago, slack said:

Yours is very good, mine are so bad I've made look like they are made of chocolate!

You may be holding the phone too close, so it can't focus properly.  I did run a sharpening filter on it to see if it improved things.

[slack]

1 hour ago, Charliemouse said:

You may be holding the phone too close, so it can't focus properly.  I did run a sharpening filter on it to see if it improved things.

Thank you very much Charlie, focus is much better, all the best to you

[Aldebaran]

This is a matte half ounce silver Britannia, I bought bit because the graded gold one that I own is too valuable and requires safe keeping.

This one will be kept on my kitchen window cill to remind of Edith Cavell (a WWI nurse executed for helping men escape). I am also reminded of Noel Chavasse an army medic in WWI, one of only three men to win 2 VC’s.

To me it represents selflessness and I hope that the police officer who recently died from his injuries saving another will receive recognition.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

I am so happy to pick up this tiny 1/40oz silver Britannia. It’s the smallest official coin of Britain. 

Pictured on a 5pence coin.

[AL84]

Thanks to @Midasfrog for this memorial sovereign 

[slack]

1 hour ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

I am so happy to pick up this tiny 1/40oz silver Britannia. It’s the smallest official coin of Britain. 

Pictured on a 5pence coin.

Excellent photography to capture the great design detail, I have the 2023 1/40oz but your design is a better standard I feel.. thanks for sharing, best wishes

1 hour ago, Aldebaran said:

This is a matte half ounce silver Britannia, I bought bit because the graded gold one that I own is too valuable and requires safe keeping.

This one will be kept on my kitchen window cill to remind of Edith Cavell (a WWI nurse executed for helping men escape). I am also reminded of Noel Chavasse an army medic in WWI, one of only three men to win 2 VC’s.

To me it represents selflessness and I hope that the police officer who recently died from his injuries saving another will receive recognition

 

[slack]

21 minutes ago, AL84 said:

Thanks to @Midasfrog for this memorial sovereign 

fantastic photo

[Minted]

I wish my raw eye sight was as good as some of these cameras! 😄

I've recently discovered my phone takes better photo's if I hold it further away but magnify by around 1.5x.  (Magnify is a swipe upwards on the right hand side of the screen)

[Artictim]

Received this very morning. Rubbish photo but you know what they look like🫣. 
sincere thanks (again) to @GoldDiggerDave for securing this beaut and getting it graded. 
 

[slack]

29 minutes ago, Minted said:

I wish my raw eye sight was as good as some of these cameras! 😄

I've recently discovered my phone takes better photo's if I hold it further away but magnify by around 1.5x.  (Magnify is a swipe upwards on the right hand side of the screen)

Yes totally agree, certainly with my phone this technique seems to be the way to go, as I'm also very shakey these days I should make more effort to steady the camera/phone. Best wishes 

[CoinStruck]

Three new additions to my world silver coin collection. 
First is a 1903 German 2 mark minted in Hamburg.

The other two are Chinese both c1890 Kwangtung. One is the 20 cents and the other the 10 cents.

[ak74]

1 hour ago, slack said:

as I'm also very shakey these days I should make more effort to steady the camera/phone

For phone shots you can use a pile of books/box/etc of appropriate height with the phone on top. I attach the photo to make clear what I mean. Of course, I'd say as usual, the photo will need some cropping.

1 hour ago, Minted said:

I've recently discovered my phone takes better photo's if I hold it further away but magnify by around 1.5x. 

That's quite strange indeed, as usually phone digital zooming only makes the macro photo worse and also more difficult to get the subject in focus...

Of course, if it works for you, then it works.

 

[slack]

2 hours ago, CoinStruck said:

Three new additions to my world silver coin collection. 
First is a 1903 German 2 mark minted in Hamburg.

The other two are Chinese both c1890 Kwangtung. One is the 20 cents and the other the 10 cents.

Very interesting

[slack]

1 hour ago, ak74 said:

For phone shots you can use a pile of books/box/etc of appropriate height with the phone on top. I attach the photo to make clear what I mean. Of course, I'd say as usual, the photo will need some cropping.

That's quite strange indeed, as usually phone digital zooming only makes the macro photo worse and also more difficult to get the subject in focus...

Of course, if it works for you, then it works.

 

Perhaps it depends on the quality of the phone, mine is steam powered and still looking forward to the 21st century!

[Silverlocks]

56 minutes ago, slack said:

Perhaps it depends on the quality of the phone, mine is steam powered and still looking forward to the 21st century!

Also, try loading the OpenCamera app and learning how to do RAW photos.  Often noise reduction and JPEG artifacts b0llox up the detail on the pictures.

Note that once you've got the RAW photo you need to convert it to JPEG or PNG and crop it, but there are also apps for that.  

Edited September 1, 2023 by Silverlocks

[Charliemouse]

4 hours ago, Minted said:

I wish my raw eye sight was as good as some of these cameras! 😄

I've recently discovered my phone takes better photo's if I hold it further away but magnify by around 1.5x.  (Magnify is a swipe upwards on the right hand side of the screen)

Please read my tutorial (in my signature).  It covers this exact thing.

In summary: Often phones cannot focus very close to the subject.  Hold the phone further away, take a picture and then crop the image.

2 hours ago, ak74 said:

That's quite strange indeed, as usually phone digital zooming only makes the macro photo worse and also more difficult to get the subject in focus...

Digital zoom shouldn't make an image 'worse', but it won't make it sharper either.  All it is doing is cropping the image before you take the picture.

I recommend taking the picture from about 12 inches away without zoom, and then cropping the picture afterwards, to remove the excess surrounding background.  Unless you have a phone with a dedicated macro lens, and know how to use it effectively, this is the best way.

[Aldebaran]

2 hours ago, slack said:

Perhaps it depends on the quality of the phone, mine is steam powered and still looking forward to the 21st century!

@slack you may have a steam powered phone - but you are here, taking part and giving us your thoughts and complements.

It is a lovely way to spend time - thank you🌞🌞

[Silverman2U]

11 hours ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

I am so happy to pick up this tiny 1/40oz silver Britannia. It’s the smallest official coin of Britain. 

Pictured on a 5pence coin.

Love to know what the premium on that was 😂 

[Silverlocks]

1927SA Sovereign Back to sovs again - this one from @1stsovereign, a nice example of a 1927SA with the original finish in good nick.

1981 Machin An example of the rare Brilliant Uncirculated Machin from @Midasfrog - I have an inkling this might have been cleaned at some point.

Edited September 2, 2023 by Silverlocks

[ilovesilverireallydo]

9 hours ago, Silverman2U said:

Love to know what the premium on that was 😂 

Well I paid spot 😂 

[Silverman2U]

34 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Well I paid spot 😂 

🤩 

[StackerCollector]

A rare 1897 half sovereign Sydney mint. Thanks go to @Foster88

[KevjustKev]

From @woody65

[daca]

 

8 minutes ago, KevjustKev said:

From @woody65

love the cheetah 👍

[Britannia47]

22 hours ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

I am so happy to pick up this tiny 1/40oz silver Britannia. It’s the smallest official coin of Britain. 

Pictured on a 5pence coin.

Apologies, but just had to add a bit of colour!….😛