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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2635705, member: 19463&quot;]Steve: I knew this was the wrong place to try to suggest something.&nbsp; I decided to try using my wife&#039;s Galaxy 7s with my old fluorescent ring light (not wishing to tear down my regular set up just for this).&nbsp; It has a 6&quot; diameter which is too wide to work right with a phone that has to be so close to shoot a coin.&nbsp; To make the light not come so harshly from the sides, I backed off a few extra inches but the small diameter of the toy would make this no problem as long as you phone can focus closely.&nbsp; This is uncropped but reduced with a small section of the uncropped image dropped in at the right.&nbsp; This is hand held so should be fuzzier than if you laid the phone on a support (pile of books?).&nbsp; I suspect this would also work on a small camera lens (point and shoot size - not a DSLR).</p><p><br /></p><p>Topcat7:</p><p>Rings vary on effect depending on which coin you are shooting. Good ones sometimes have adjustments allowing one side be brighter than the other.&nbsp; Other models can simulate that effect by placing a layer or two of toilet paper or non-yellow tape over the parts you want to darken.&nbsp; Moveable lights are better if and only if the mover of those light has a clue where to move them.&nbsp; Certainly the ad is there to sell junk.&nbsp; I can&#039;t help but think this has a chance.&nbsp; Anyone have a family member who would like to upgrade their selfie quality if the coin thing is a failure?</p><p><br /></p><p>The circle is the tin can around the CDR spindle that holds the coin above the black background.&nbsp; I did not try it on white or a hand as some prefer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]580739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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