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Fascinating stuff! I use my iPhone 7 and a clip-on magnifier. My desk lamp has a "daylight" bulb so it doesn't make everything a bit yellow. I then export my pics to my tablet, where I can edit them to the appropriate size using Pixlr and upload them here. Otherwise I use Snapseed for adjusting brightness, contrast etc if I'm using the pics for presentation or publication. And I agree! Low budget certainly has its moments. The iPhone was second hand and the tablet came free with my new phone tariff.

@kbbpll - Multi screens don't really help you much unless you're use them all the time. I'm an ex-programmer. Multi-screen is what I'm used to. I take a pic on phone and upload to PC on one screen, document the coin in a spreadsheet on the second screen, and have CC on the third screen.

@Brandmeister - is your clip-on magnifier used for regular pics or zooming in? I'm looking at a micro-lens clip on for a phone. Not sure if that's the same thing you're using.

@Spyro - which magnifier are you using?

Overall still seem to be having issues. Last few pics I took seem to still show a glare. I took them in a dark room with nothing but the light from outside ... on a very cloudy day. Will need to keep practicing on taking pics.

I use the little magnifier for zoomed in details pics. I use a basic LED bar flashlight to provide even illumination, and if there is too much glare, I wrap the light in a tissue per suggestions from this forum.

http://goccf.com/t/446114

I also have a different $9 macro-photography lens clip-on to take full coin photos up to about Kennedy half dollar diameter. I built a little axial photography box to get even lighting for those photos, although the current version only accommodates up to a nickel in size.