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Mi dispiace l'immagine povera.
Dubito che mai aggiunga a questo siccome questi prezzi sembrano di aumentare allo stesso tasso che i premi dei soviet, o ancora più in alto.

Sorry for the poor image.
I doubt I will ever add to this as these prices seem to increase at the same rate as the Soviet awards, or even higher.
All of these came from the immortal Alexei M. aka Nota Bene.

Ericfg ha scritto: Sorry for the poor image.
I doubt I will ever add to this as these prices seem to increase at the same rate as the Soviet awards, or even higher.

Ericfg ha scritto:All of these came from the immortal Alexei M. aka Nota Bene.

Oh nice group i like

Pretty nice items Eric!
I always loved mongolian awards and wanted have some but... you know, one has to focus or he ends collecting everything.

Airon ha scritto:Pretty nice items Eric!
I always loved mongolian awards and wanted have some but... you know, one has to focus or one ends collecting everything.

So true! The last few years I have been good at keeping my focus on Soviet alone. But recently I broke down and bought something else. I will show it when it arrives.

Ericfg ha scritto:I will show it when it arrives.

Yes please.

Qui è molto meglio di una, seppur immagine molto più vecchi.Mi piace molto il mongoli premi come sembrano avere un aspetto e uno stile a loro.

Here's a much better, albeit much older image.
I really love Mongolian awards as they seem to have a look and style to them.

Reverse

They are impressive, really nice! Thank you for posting them.
And my congratulations.

I Take advantage of you Eric to have some tech-specs about your scanner.
Since it is not common to have a hi-depth of field one may you please give us the brand and model of it.
I have one that have a good depth of field too and it is a old Epson Perfection.

By the way the medals and the orders are gorgeous!

Airon ha scritto:I Take advantage of you Eric to have some tech-specs about your scanner.
Since it is not common to have a hi-depth of field one may you please give us the brand and model of it.
I have one that have a good depth of field too and it is a old Epson Perfection.

By the way the medals and the orders are gorgeous!

Those images are well over 5 years old and the scanner is long gone. But, I do think it was an Epson if I recall correctly.
A good scanner is a great tool but I really enjoy photography so that, and desk-space are some of the reasons I am scannerless at the moment.
But, to print stuff I have to save it on a flash drive and then drive down to the local store to get my stuff printed.

Ericfg ha scritto: Those images are well over 5 years old and the scanner is long gone. But, I do think it was an Epson if I recall correctly.
A good scanner is a great tool but I really enjoy photography so that, and desk-space are some of the reasons I am scannerless at the moment.
But, to print stuff I have to save it on a flash drive and then drive down to the local store to get my stuff printed.

Don't talk me about space lately i was thinking to glue something on the ceiling to tidy up my studio.

By the way as a suggestion for those who as shaky hands or cannot afford or has not a passion for macro photography the scanner is a very good solution. It's cheap, can do big enlargements of shallow items (this includes madals and orders. Screwbacks are still a problem for the back.) and they do the color balance on their own (this is good to see the real color of gilts or enamels. Such a feature you cannot mimic with a camera if you don't profile it with a colorchecker or you set the K of the camera propely according to the light source).
I was doubtful when they suggested me the scanner but now 9 times out of 10 i leave my reflex on his bag and do it with the scanner.

I gave my recommendations about which scanner should be used for medals and others small objects elsewhere in this forum. As alternative I would invite all interested colleagues to check this article on internet

rocketscientist ha scritto:I gave my recommendations about which scanner should be used for medals and others small objects elsewhere in this forum. As alternative I would invite all interested colleagues to check this article on internet

Good one!

Airon ha scritto: By the way as a suggestion for those who as shaky hands or cannot afford or has not a passion for macro photography the scanner is a very good solution. It's cheap, can do big enlargements of shallow items (this includes medals and orders. ...

That's very true. The image above was made by a scanner and is compares favorably with my best camera images.
A tip: to get the nice, black background leave the scanner lid/top open.
Also, as I recall, setting up the software correctly made images optimum.

If you do use a camera a tripod is a requirement.

Ericfg ha scritto: A tip: to get the nice, black background leave the scanner lid/top open.

I agree this is a quick and dirty tip for a black bg. And works pretty well if you ask me.
Switch off the room lights and leave the lid opened, refine the image in Photoshop Camera Raw working on Blacks/Shadows to make a uniform black background.
Done.

Inoltre, pulizia dello scanner!
Also, clean the scanner bed!

I like too the Mongolian medals ...

Ericfg ha scritto:Inoltre, pulizia dello scanner!
Also, clean the scanner bed!

Ah! You are far away from mastering the technique... fingerprint smears and thick layers of dust are an essetial component of the watermark of the image
I spend hours on Photoshop removing the spots and the dots from the images because i don't want to spend 20 minutes to do a proper cleaning to the scanner i'm a wise man!

Eric, i really like your orders. Also the medals are beautiful, serial handwrite and screwback nut mint marked! Top quality, as always with items from Alexey.

awesome..
i must start collect also these beauties

do you collect also documents of these orders and medals?

SergioV ha scritto: do you collect also documents of these orders and medals?

I do not. I wish I could but I don't have the money or time to do so.

Top quality, as always with items from Alexei.

I miss Alexei, I wish he was still around. If I had known he was going to stop selling I would have bought more from him.

I started to collect the moment Alexei quit the business. I will never forgive him for that

I see that you have a good relationship with Alexei, why not invite him to join in the forum? Who knows, try does not harm ...

filo ha scritto: I see that you have a good relationship with Alexei, why not invite him to join in the forum? Who knows, try does not harm ...

Its years he does not write anymore. I wrote him from time to time but its a while i dont. shame on me. he is a nice man. always kind. its a very big loss for our field.