What is everyone's preferred way to image bacteriophage plaques on a plate? I have used a gel imager, or my camera phone. Any better ideas?

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I have also played with wide angle lens attachements for my phone, but that doesn't do much better. If anyone has a really cool setup to do this could you send me a pic?

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