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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3589668, member: 80804&quot;]It&#039;s important that you have some way to hold the camera/phone in as close to a fixed position as possible for getting high-quality, clear photos, also it&#039;s best if you can keep it in a fixed position in ref: the subject. That way, when you use both obverse and reverse shots (stitch them together, etc) the photos will be the same size, same light-angle, etc. There are a number of ways you can &quot;secure&quot; the camera - phones do well with the clips made to mount them on car dashboards. There are tiny tripods for phones. If you have nothing else, lay the phone flat on a shallow box with the camera part hanging over the edge and place the subject on the surface below. Lighting (as I believe I already mentioned) is very important - if the subject is not well lit, you can&#039;t really depend on a camera (or phone) to compensate.</p><p>For getting closer-up with a phone, these sets of clip-on-phone, add-on lenses (wide-angle, closeup &amp; fisheye) will work with just about any phone camera and are a terrific deal at the price (on sale for $6 the set).</p><p><a href="https://www.sciplus.com/smart-phone-lens-kit-58826-p" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciplus.com/smart-phone-lens-kit-58826-p" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciplus.com/smart-phone-lens-kit-58826-p</a></p><p><img src="https://www.sciplus.com/productImages/Regular/58826.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>The same mail-order house has a deal on a folding box/stage with lights and all ($17.50):</p><p><a href="https://www.sciplus.com/portable-illuminated-large-photo-studio-64741-p" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciplus.com/portable-illuminated-large-photo-studio-64741-p" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciplus.com/portable-illuminated-large-photo-studio-64741-p</a></p><p><img src="https://pagebean-pagebean.netdna-ssl.com/sciplus/productImages/Regular/PB005.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>(full disclosure: I am not associated with this company in any way - but they have great stuff, often at amazing prices - I buy from them often and am very seldom displeased).</p><p>It&#039;s pretty badly out of date ref: the technology of the cameras, but the basic photographic concepts (fixed camera, background, lighting, etc) are the same despite it having been 20 years since I wrote this old &quot;digital photography 101&quot; introductory piece for young students:</p><p><a href="http://ancientcoinsforeducation.org/content/view/54/30/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientcoinsforeducation.org/content/view/54/30/" rel="nofollow">http://ancientcoinsforeducation.org/content/view/54/30/</a></p><p>Doug Smith has some fantastic informational web-pages about more high-tech coin photography. If you ever contemplate becoming serious about photography, you&#039;ll definitely want to study his articles:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/</a> - </p><p><a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinphotobasic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinphotobasic" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinphotobasic</a> - </p><p><a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/educational" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/educational" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/educational</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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