Tried using my cell phone... disappointed.

My cell phone says it has a 8 megapixel camera.

However, I think this is a fib. Once I zoom into a photo, it tiles out, it's more like a 2 megapixel camera. This is not my coin BTW.

 

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Apparently your "focus" is misdirected. How is that search for a job coming?

 

Cell phones use "digital zoom", which is basically cropping the image. The more you "zoom" the more it crops and it degrades the photo badly.

 

Did you pay your cell phone bill yet, or are you just using it as a camera?

 

I believe it is more important to have the proper lens than to have a gazillion megapixels.

 

I second that. And add that proper lighting is also important.

 

I think that's a pretty good photograph for a phone camera... just IMHO

 

My phone is 8 megapixels and i cant get that

 

+1. Maybe try putting a loupe in front of lens.

 

Thats how I do it

 

Did you switch it to the macro setting? Dont use zoom in macro. The picture over all doesnt look bad. Just need to adjust toit

 

Not sure about androids but on the iphone there is no macro setting.

 

I agree, you can also take good photos with a low megapixel camera this was taken on one with 5-ish.

 

It is possible to take a good coin photo with a phone camera.



Or I just got really lucky!

 

Must have gotten lucky. Come on, you know its all with the camera and not the guy using it.

This is not Detecto'a fault.. his phone is lying to him about how many MPs the camera has. :too-funny:

 

Also depends on who's driving the camera. Just like racing cars, winners aren't always the ones with the biggest baddest and fastest engine.

 

i have a motorola electrify (android) and it has it and every single other android ive used has also had it thats what took my avatar picture. Took it at work under fluorescent lighting.

 

Sounds like there might be a loose screw behind the camera.

 

Higher Megapixels does not equal a better picture. Unfortunately the public has been scammed into believing that the number of megapixels is a good way to judge a camera. Unfortunately, that means often the number of pixels is increased without increasing the size of the imager, which reduces light pickup. I'd rather have good light pickup and less pixels.

Not only that, but putting an 8 MP imaging device into a camera with a cheap plastic lens is basically pointless. The optics will not be good enough to even resolve that many pixels, which brings us back to the issue that a lower number of pixels would actually produce a better image under those conditions.