Hello. I did find and test my new camera. It's an HP s 300 Digital camera. All I need is your approbation to bring it tomorrow morning. It's on sale here for 100 Bucks. Meanwhile, I have chosen 2 pieces of metal( tokens or coins or other) which are of my former recent scans. Glad to read your comments.
I do not try to keep up with the hundreds of camera models so I looked up HP s 300 and found a 2011 point and shoot which I assume has now been discontinued and discounted. Not finding much in detail on the camera, I suspect you might do better but any camera should out do the scanner if you learn to use it. Not being able to find full specs is not a great sign.
I agree. I'd be really nervous about buying a camera with so little info available online. I don't know what country you're in, but here in the US, Best Buy has brand-new current point-and-shoot cameras from both Nikon and Canon for under $100. I can't imagine a five-year-old (?) HP model would have significant advantages over a current model from a manufacturer that specializes in cameras.
Those certainly look like "good enough for web work" shots, but, if it were me, I'd like much bigger photos. (I don't know how large the coins are, though.) If, as @-jeffB says, you can get a brand new Nikon or Canon point-and-shoot, I don't think I'd spend my $100 on an HP camera. Besides what's already been said, HP's consumer electronics are generally not high quality. I base this primarily on their printers (which are decent at the high end but lousy at the low end), scanners, and personal computers.
here's some info on the camera.. http://www.techhive.com/product/1256557/hp-s300-compact-camera.html It's probably on par with the little camera I use. Of course, you've seen my coin photograph...but it beats a scanner. what the heck is that second coin 7C?
Thanks for all of your advices. I'm glad I didn't buy it so quickly at this price. I'll try to find a better one or maybe convince the seller to sell it for half the price he had asked for. I'll find one tomorrow. As for the 2 supposedly coins, they weigh respectively 11.24 g. and 9.29 g. They were among a set of various coins I had recently purchased. Of course I can notice the monogram on the first coin but it's heavier than usual. I have no single idea about the second.
Greetings friends. It seems that buying a new digital camera for a beginner is just like purchasing a second-hand car. I mean the more you take your time and the more you win or find better, especially in a country like mine. Well I've seen a Canon of the D series with lentils up to 4.1 at 625 dollars. Another professional one of the same mark at 140 dollars. Also a Chinese camera of the SAMS mark, if I remember, at only 60 dollars. Another seller told me he'll be receiving a perfectly new series of Canon next week at only 100 dollars. All shops are very close to the office where I work. I'll catch one soon, at any cost. Meanwhile, I used this " I phone6" to shoot a couple of difficult coins uncleaned and possibly worn ( one of them at least) to see what the I phone 6 can do while awaiting the nrw camera. The first coin is of Alexander The Great. The second is thought to be unlisted since it has a knight on horseback and was struck in Amisos Pontus with turreted Tyche on obverse. I might be wrong though. Please excuse the bad editing of the photos. Longing to read your comments. Charles
Most 'real' camera companies make models for all budgets. Canon has the $100 model and the $5000 model. Pay no attention to brands and every attention to features and workmanship. In general, better cameras have a lens where you can see glass. Lenses which produce images through tiny chips of plastic start at a real disadvantage.
Charles, whilst the second coin is slightly out of focus, the first picture is a huge improvement on your previous scans. If camera shake is a problem for you, here is a suggestion from another forum. Whilst he has fixed his phone, I just have a tub which I rest my phone on and hold it with one hand, adjust the coin and then click to photograph....
At last.. I have it in hand. It's a Sony Cyber-shot..series SteadyShot DSC-W510. Features include 26 mm. wide-angle lens, 4 x Zoom and 12.1 Megapixels. I've been charging it for 5 hours and still need 5 others before using it. In the meantime, I tend to post this anonymous strange coin which was scanned at 600 dpi of resolution. Despite the worn condition, this Byzantine coin could have some historical meaning. It's of the anonymous series whereby I can read Basileus, Basilei and Christus etc.. on the reverse. But the face of Jesus is absent on the obverse and was possibly replaced by a countermark. Please post any of your comments.. Thanks.
