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Hi guys I can do a "upgrade" on my phone, but I would like to know which phone will be best for good pictures? Not really a fan of Samsung but would like to get your suggestions on it.
want to catalogue all my coins.
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You can do MUCH better getting a macro-capable point-and-shoot camera.
Plenty of second-hand cameras of that sort out there.
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You want to look at close focusing distance.
For basic cataloging (not really fine shots), any of them will work.
What you want to do is cut a block of wood as a brace and find a place with offset light (a stack of books works too, but it's easier - if you have the table saw - to cut a block to the precise height vs. trying to find the right stack of books.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Here's the setup:  -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Edited by WheatBack
03/05/2017 9:16 pm
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Wheatback
I also have a samsung s6 and am reading up as much as I can on lighting (jansjo lights is what I will probably order), and some sort of mount so I can be hands free
Some microscope style mounts are kinda spendy (like $100) and I hope you or anyone else on CC can help me out with some advice on what to use besides a block of wood. I would like to have height adjustment.Those pics look good and what's your setup look like? Also what are your settings set at on the S6?
Thanks
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 with Kanga,plenty options that way and economical. |
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 South Africa
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Thank you for the replies, I opted for the iPhone 7 plus
I previously had the iPhone 5 a few years back.
This one takes decent photos with the added second
Zoom lens.
Oh and I love irritating my android loving family lol.
Had my fair share of android hick ups.
iOS is closed but I don't mind.
The Samsung S7 photos are better yes but the phone feels small
And cheap in my hands
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I would like to ask WheatBack what type of lighting was used, and include some photos of the setup. Those photos are simply amazing. Thanks in advance. Ham
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Benny - I have two blocks of wood and a shim (5/8") - gives me seven or eight different options. All very steady and easy to shoot with. At least good enough as identification of the coin/slab. And a lot faster than setting up the DSLR/Copystand and shooting 22MB raw images. I can do four shots (front slab, back slab, obverse and reverse) in 30s. It takes longer to move them from the phone to the PC and do a rough crop. Run them through the image optimizer (the raw ones are from 600KB to 1.5MB) and     By no means great photos, but certainly good enough to ID. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bstrauss3- thank you for sharing and the advice. I'm trying to picture the two blocks of wood and the shim set up to where you can get 7 to 8 different adjustments. Can you take a pic. Of it because your photos look legit. Wish I could picture it
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You want to look at close focusing distance. What would be the best focusing distance for an iPhone 6S? |
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WheatBack. Are all your photos of raw coins? Have you shot coins in plastic holders? If so, could you post some of those examples, and some tips? Thanks, Ham.
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WheatBack. Are all your photos of raw coins? Have you shot coins in plastic holders? If so, could you post some of those examples, and some tips? Thanks, Ham. I have, but not recently after upgrading to a DSLR. Here's a few I could find where I used a Samsung S6: None of these photos have any post-processing -- All a product of getting the lighting correct.    Edited by WheatBack
06/05/2017 2:25 pm
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Thank you for the replies, I opted for the iPhone 7 plus I'm very curious to see the quality of iPhone 7 images since this is the first model to have a true zoom feature. I've been using an iPhone 6S Plus for almost 2 years now, and it does really well with coin photography. Here is a link to my current setup (page 11): http://goccf.com/t/160092&whichpage=11 |
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