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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2165105, member: 19463&quot;]I have said on several occasions that cameras take better pictures than phones.&nbsp; Before now, I&#039;ve never had much of a phone so I was basing his on what I had seen posted by others.&nbsp; My daughter provides my cell phone on a family plan in trade for child care and now has given me my first &#039;Smart&#039; phone (Samsung Galexy 6S).&nbsp; Below are my first coin photos with it.&nbsp; How much of the problems I see are my ineptitude and how much the camera.&nbsp; All strike me as too contrasty with poor tonal renditions.&nbsp; Perhaps I will find a setting that will improve the matter but, for now, I&#039;ll consider the phone for emergency coin use only.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hints welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>The colors here and surfaces are just not right but I don&#039;t know how to improve.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]417252[/ATTACH] </p><p>The bright silver denarius faired best of all.&nbsp; Contrast made it sparkle.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]417253[/ATTACH] </p><p>The gray silver tone here looks OK but is not smooth and subtle as on the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]417254[/ATTACH] </p><p>The coin is dark but the contrast really killed the smoothness. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]417255[/ATTACH] </p><p>Shooting with the phone&#039;s built in flash gives good detail but nothing but glare.&nbsp; All the rest here were taken with the same Ott light I use with my camera. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]417256[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>To me the bottom line is that the phone can make sharp photos but I have not figured out how to control the tonal range with the controls see available.&nbsp; Considering that one can get a decent camera for less than a phone, I&#039;m not ready to switch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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