A Scanner question help

I have finaly a scanner (old one).
The scanner is a Brother MFC 490CW
Mine question is, how can i get beter scans. are ther desgin programmas
I had all try a lot scans in resolution. I can not get it beter.
Shall i buy a new one. Of is did oke!!
Of go one making photo's, thats goes all much beter
And what are good coin scanners.

Thanks

Greetings to all coin friends

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Scanners aren't good for imaging coins. Even a simple, inexpensive camera with macro focusing is a thousand times better than a scanner.

 

+1

 

Thanks, do you know a good macro camera

 

Canon PowerShot SX510 HS is these one oke

 

I use a Nikon Coolpix L22. I think I paid around $80 for it, about 5 years ago.

 

I'm using an Olympus Fe and I paid about what JA paid a couple of years ago.

 

thanks all

 

i think you camera picture looks very nice ro...stick with your camera.

 

Oke then i keep mine telephone hehe

 

I've used a scanner for a few years and I've never been able to get near as good with a camera.

 

Four Lighting Directions Compared

Light from the top Light from the left Light from the right Light from the bottom

The big thing you can do to help a scanner is realize that the results change according to which direction the coin is oriented when scanned. You can always rotate the image later to restore the top to the top but the relation of the light to the pickup is fixed. This and other topics were touched on by my old scan page BUT when I wrote it digital cameras were expensive and poor compared to what we have today. In 2000, scanning was a real option; in 2015, not so much.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/scan.html


This image of a Septimius Severus Greek Imperial bronze was one of the first I produced directly from the coin using a low priced flat bed scanner. After scanning the image was rotated to correct the orientation. Contrast and density were adjusted in software. Separate images of the two sides were combined in software and a paint fill tool was used to make the background an even black. I never did any better with a scanner. Older scanners often do better than newer models and the super thin scanners never seem to do coins well. I really suggest you buy a camera if image quality is a factor.