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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3584653, member: 19463&quot;]Regulars here know how much I hate cell phone cameras BUT the fact is that many people want to show a coin here and have no better option.&nbsp; I decided to see if I could make a usable image for asking CT help using my Samsung phone, a juice glass for a &#039;tripod&#039; an only the light that was in the room (kitchen here).&nbsp; All settings were left on the defaults.&nbsp; All phones are different.&nbsp; This is what I got.&nbsp; I prefer black backgrounds but many like white.&nbsp; Bright white backgrounds can fool auto exposure routines to make dark coins too dark.&nbsp; I suggest that those who prefer white include a bit of black as shown here so the camera will think it is seeing gray and not make the coin black.&nbsp; Most cameras will allow manual control of exposure but tricking it in this way is easier.&nbsp; Of course I would prefer that everyone crop out all the extra (non coin) space and, unlike me here. be sure to show an image of both sides.&nbsp; This is a lousy photo hyped up by the phone manufacturer&#039;s poor default settings and microscopic sensor.&nbsp; It was not postprocessed other than combining and cropping.&nbsp; Still it is good enough to allow ID of the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956772[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I will continue to prefer coin photos made with a real camera.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]956771[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Is there anything our regular phone users can suggest to help those who want to photograph their coins for Coin Talk use without scaring them of with complex technical matters?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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