Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4949188, member: 105571&quot;]1)&nbsp; Increase the distance between camera and phone.&nbsp; The phone&#039;s documentation should tell you the minimal focal distance but you can also use trial and error.</p><p>2)&nbsp; The phone&#039;s lens needs to be perpendicular to the coin.</p><p>3)&nbsp; Rest the&nbsp; phone on a piece of wood, a pile of heavy books, etc.&nbsp; You need to keep the camera very steady and you can&#039;t do that by holding it in your hand.</p><p>4)&nbsp; Related to keeping the phone steady, you should use the timer release function on your phone&#039;s camera so that you don&#039;t have to press the shutter button.</p><p>5)&nbsp; Take the coin our of the holder if you can.</p><p>6)&nbsp; Support the coin on a pedestal of some sort that is smaller in diameter than the coin.</p><p>7)&nbsp; Make sure your light source is supplying adequate light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, you have been attempting to &quot;zoom&quot; in to capture fine details by getting the camera closer to the coin and you are finding out that that doesn&#039;t work.&nbsp; The way you overcome this is by taking your photo within the camera&#039;s focal length limits and making sure the camera is set to its highest possible resolution.&nbsp; Then you post-process the photo to crop and blow up the areas of interest.&nbsp; A free post-processing software that&#039;s easy to use is Photoscape X.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in