Coin photography

[hazelman]

Hi all,

Have any of you used an iphone add on macro lens to photograph your coins. If you have do you:

a.have any pics.

b. Any recommendations on the best add on macro lens for iphone 6.

thanks

[azda]

I find the ipad takes a better picture

[1949threepence]

In a way echoing what Dave said, I find my android nexus 7 tablet takes excellent coin photos.

[Paulus]

Out of interest, do either of your tablets have a macro facility?

[azda]

Not sure about the ipad Paul, but it does get good results especially when trying to take pictures of coin sets, point and click, job done

[Nordle11]

There seems to be a new thing going around at the moment that looks like a miniature telescope, it clips over the camera lens on your phone and is basically a macro lens.

You can get one with a fish eye too, it looks pretty good, but not sure how good for photos of coins.

Here's a link to one of the more expensive ones, but you can get some as cheap as a fiver it seems.

Edited November 26, 2015 by Nordle11

[PWA 1967]

I saw some pictures a lad was doing with a cheap one in the pub a few weeks ago,he had only paid a couple of pound for it and the pictures were really good.

[Matteo95]

I bought a cheap macro lens for my iphone 4s from amazon last year more for my curiosity than necessity ( usually I use a Nikon reflex ) . The results are quite good ...