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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 17363707, member: 73489&quot;]<b><span style="color: #b30000">Questions On Taking Best Picture: </span></b> Just a couple of &quot;dumb&quot; questions that a photograhic novice (maybe, on my best day! <img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/r266626/emoticons/laugh.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />) would like to know.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I use the default settings on my Galaxy S9 smartphone.... </b>I don&#039;t use any of the preset things like NIGHT or SPORT or whatever (<i><b>should I ??</b></i>) and use the default Photo function/settings with resolution set to max or near-max.&nbsp; After all, I am taking pictures of stationary coins, not football players jumping in action so I figure messing around with ISO or light variables or whatever is beyond my skill set OR need.<img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/r266626/emoticons/smile.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures are set to maximum resolution (4K quality ~ 4000 x 2300 pixels).</p><p><br /></p><p>One.......since these are simple coin photos, <i><b>am I right to assume that any specialty settings are overkill and aren&#039;t going to make a dimes worth of difference ?</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Two......<i>is there a DIFFERENCE if I zoom in a bit with the smartphone camera and THEN take the pic with more of a close-up/less background....OR....take it without any zoom (showing the coin and some background) and then use the close-up function on the phone itself or you people using the zoom feature on this site to make the image bigger ?&nbsp; &nbsp; </i>In other words...<b><i>is there any resolution or clarity lost by me initially zooming or is it even better if I do it first and then eliminate the need to zoom on the smartphone when I look at the pics or when you people see them ?</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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