The greatest aid for a camera to take good images of a coin is a macro feature. The camera I use is a 1.2 Pixel. But through a microscope I get nice images. I can take an image just 1" away from the coin with the macro feature. So the amount of pixels has nothing to do with getting good images. A nice macro feature is more important. I found out this next image is neither what is titled on the image. It is a retained die break.
I get it Okay Guys, I get the point. I need to invest in better equipment so there is more detail. I will. As soon as I do I'll post all the goodies I have collected over the last year. I have some interesting pennies. I can't believe they all came from rolls from my bank. This is turning into an addiction and I can understand the attraction to collecting. Where can I buy those white little cardboard cases with the round plastic window on it to store a coin in? Wal-Mart?
I beg to differ, but here is your first picture in the OP file size. Funny, but at 5K, I don't see any die cracks. You have to have enough pixels to show some detail. At 5K, there just are not enough. BTW, what is a 1.2 pixel camera. Do you mean 1.2 meg? If so, you have just shown what I am trying to tell the OP.
I doubt that you need another anything. You are doing something wrong. All I can do is guess, but every camera out there including phone cameras (even cheap ones) takes a bigger pictures than you are putting up here. It is possible that you have you camera on the wrong setting. What camera are you using?
Here's what I use occasionally and it works very well. http://cgi.ebay.com/2-in-1-USB-Microscope-wb-1-3-Mega-Pixels-Digital-Camera_W0QQitemZ220425329561QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDigital_Cameras?hash=item33525f9b99&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50 Here's a couple shot with it.
