Hello From Maine! Advice On Taking Qulaity Pics W/ I Phone?

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bakeshady Valued Member United States 54 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 10:23 pm Hi everyone! What a great community you have here. I've already made a few posts and it seems my pictures are lacking clarity. Is there any advice you guys have on how to take good pics w/ an Iphone? When I try to get close to the coin it gets blurry. Any special setting I should have it on, zoom in or anything? Or should I edit afterwards using something or particular settings? Thanks:) * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

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ngs428 Valued Member United States 359 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 11:34 pm Which model I-phone do you have? A good thread to read is http://goccf.com/t/160092 It sounds like you are probably getting too close to the coin. If you are too close the camera can't focus. Back up and don't use the zoom. On most iPhones the zoom is digital, not optical. For taking the pic, get a remote shutter. When you tap the phone to take the pic that is enough to wreck the proper focus. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 04/06/2018 01:34 am I don't have an iPhone, but have used my phone extensively for photographing coins. With my latest phone (LG G6), I actually found that clarity was improved if I used the digital zoom a bit instead of no zoom and having to crop more after the fact. I would guess that the closest you can get without pics being blurry is about 5 inches. There's no fix for that as it is hardware based. If you have a voice-activated shutter feature, that solves the camera shake problem at the expense of looking like a weirdo to any other people around. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
owatchman Pillar of the Community United States 1494 Posts	Posted 04/06/2018 03:01 am Welcome to the forum. I also use my iPhone to take pics. I do have the phone a little bit from the coin and then zoom in. I crop it after that and most of the time it turns out ok. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/06/2018 04:33 am http://goccf.com/t/160092 http://goccf.com/t/116512 http://goccf.com/t/243488 John1 Report this Post to the Staff
bakeshady Valued Member United States 54 Posts	Posted 04/06/2018 09:24 am it's an iPhone 6s, thank you Report this Post to the Staff
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