Getting good images for posting

Hi All:

How should I be capturing images of coins to post up here or on other forums? I recently posted the 1872 cent and its image does not compare with others that I have seen here.

I used a scanner for the 1872 cent.

What resolution should I be scanning at?

Would a Digital camera be better, if so at what settings?

Thanks,

G.E.

 

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You can go to the test forum and try different examples and do what ever works the best.

John

 

Here are some scanning tutorials that Google pulled up...

http://www.telecoins.com/scanning.html
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/scan.html
http://www.lotn.org/~calkinsc/coins/doc/scan.html
http://www.coingalaxy.com/coininfo/scanning.html
http://www.omnicoin.com/news/Default.aspx?tabid=63

 

I scan as document..not picture and usually 600

 

buy a digital camera. You can take photos of freinds, relatives, neighbors and even coins. Difficult to use a scanner on people. I guess it's possible, but a camera works better. They are getting really cheap lately. If you wait a few more months, they will all be on sale for the holidays. Many, many web sites and forums on how to use a digital camera for coins.

 

I just use a $150 camera from WalMart.
My pics are getting better, as I learn how to use it....lol

 

Thanks for the info

Hi All: Thanks for the input.

I guess, I am going to have to do some experiments to get this down to get better images.

 

Lol

Literally LOL.