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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2404360, member: 1892&quot;]I&#039;m thinking your phone&#039;s screen isn&#039;t giving you an accurate idea of what the camera is actually doing with the image. When you *don&#039;t* send straight from phone to CT, what&#039;s happening in the middle? Every additional postprocessing step that involves downsizing and/or compression is capable of altering the final look of the image somewhat, although the downsizing process is usually <b>good</b> for ultimate sharpness depending on how the software is actually doing it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your best bet, when shooting from a phone camera, is to keep the phone&#039;s software involvement to an absolute minimum. Disable as much in-phone processing as possible - no HDR, no sizing/cropping, anything you can do far better on your computer which is a much stronger computing platform than any phone. The idea is to get the biggest, most neutral-possible picture from the camera, and do everything you do to it on the computer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basic rules when shooting from a phone: Phone on a flat, stable surface, pointing straight down at the coin. Remotely activate the shutter, either with a timer or voice command (if available) so you don&#039;t introduce vibrations by triggering with a touch. With only 8MP at hand, you&#039;ll have to find and stay near the camera&#039;s minimum focusing distance to get an image large enough for posting. This will make lighting a bit difficult, and you&#039;ll have to do a bit of experimentation to get the interrelationships between camera capability and lighting figured out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the image posted: It shows a lot of sharpening/compression artifacts which take away from the final image quality. With the coin still in a holder, I don&#039;t really want to comment on sharpness or white balance because the container can have an effect on all that, especially if the phone is choosing that stuff automatically. If you want to experiment and play around a bit in this thread - I&#039;ll be happy to help - use a more circulated Lincoln or something larger like a Nickel or Quarter. Coins with major luster introduce problems all their own, and I&#039;d rather work with an &quot;easier&quot; subject to shoot while we&#039;re figuring out camera and process. <b>Then</b> we take the step into coins that don&#039;t like to be imaged well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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