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<p>[QUOTE="CoinJockey73, post: 7319195, member: 118293"]There was a great photo tutorial here somewhere, about taking cell pics. Not sure where it is, but I've followed it, and my pics come out pretty well.</p><p>I use a full can of something (beer) to rest the phone on, camera down, screen up. You've obviously already set the coin up on a nice piece of royal blue velvet, so, coin set up, camera pointing lens down while RESTING on something, that's important, because it stabilizes the pic. I have 3 lighting sources, natural, i set up by an open window, then i set up a lamp opposite the open window, then i set up a spotlight (led) a few feet away. Overkill, i know, but sometimes, they come out nicely.</p><p>When I'm ready to tap the screen to take the pic, i press firmly down on the sides of the phone with my left hand to stabilize, and tap the button with my right and viola! Clean coin pic!</p><p>That's about how they spelled it out on the other thread. They may have been using a soda pop can though.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I rate that coin as "gorgeous", because i have no right trying to grade anything for real, but i love that coin. "G", lol.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinJockey73, post: 7319195, member: 118293"]There was a great photo tutorial here somewhere, about taking cell pics. Not sure where it is, but I've followed it, and my pics come out pretty well. I use a full can of something (beer) to rest the phone on, camera down, screen up. You've obviously already set the coin up on a nice piece of royal blue velvet, so, coin set up, camera pointing lens down while RESTING on something, that's important, because it stabilizes the pic. I have 3 lighting sources, natural, i set up by an open window, then i set up a lamp opposite the open window, then i set up a spotlight (led) a few feet away. Overkill, i know, but sometimes, they come out nicely. When I'm ready to tap the screen to take the pic, i press firmly down on the sides of the phone with my left hand to stabilize, and tap the button with my right and viola! Clean coin pic! That's about how they spelled it out on the other thread. They may have been using a soda pop can though. (I rate that coin as "gorgeous", because i have no right trying to grade anything for real, but i love that coin. "G", lol.)[/QUOTE]
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