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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 2545892, member: 75143&quot;]For camera settings, I just leave it on auto.&nbsp; The phone usually does a pretty good job.</p><p>As for software, I don&#039;t use anything other than the crop feature native to the phone.</p><p>I&#039;ve experimented with altering sharpness and color a bit on a free photo editor like Photoscape, but I only do that when the picture is significantly different from the actual item.&nbsp; Otherwise, I leave everything as is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]546413[/ATTACH] </p><p>As you can see, the top half is significantly brighter than the bottom.&nbsp; This is a result of angling the coin a little too much.&nbsp; Angling is always the hardest part for me, and takes several tries to get it right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Final note: the megapixel count and sensor quality of a phone camera lead to nice looking pictures but zoom in any and quality starts to deteriorate real fast.&nbsp; For this reason, a higher MP/better sensor is necessary if you want to blow the image up real big.</p><p><br /></p><p>For small details like errors and mintmarks, you would probably do well with a cheapo magnifying glass of some kind.&nbsp; I purchased a 20x loupe from eBay for $5&nbsp; Granted, it came with a &quot;this product contains chemicals known to cause cancer&quot; warning, but it was cheap so...</p><p>Actually, it&#039;s currently on sale!</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/20X-CHROME-PLATED-JEWELERS-LOUPE-WITH-CASE-/142148247261?hash=item2118b21edd:g:TxwAAOSwwpdW5zuB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/20X-CHROME-PLATED-JEWELERS-LOUPE-WITH-CASE-/142148247261?hash=item2118b21edd:g:TxwAAOSwwpdW5zuB" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/20X-CHROME-PLATED-JEWELERS-LOUPE-WITH-CASE-/142148247261?hash=item2118b21edd:g:TxwAAOSwwpdW5zuB</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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