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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 954343, member: 19065&quot;]One can do the same thing with a digital camera mounted to a copy stand, locked in position and set up with exposure, focus and lighting. Open the digital image files in a graphics editing software application like Photoshop and you can work with multiple files in layers, with transparency settings, scale, contrast and a host of other image adjustments. A scanner cannot do these things although it may come bundled with a basic graphics editing application. For that matter, many cameras do too or one can use online editing tools available free with Photobucket.com accounts. The lighting one typically gets from a scanner is quite difficult to work with and limiting in results, thus not worth it for most users. The cost of a better scanner, something that&#039;s going to do 800-1600 DPI will cost you more as well, may even go over the OPs stated budget. Simply put, the benefits of a camera with features useful to coin photography stated earlier far outweighs the reasons to avoid the problems inherent with scanning coins. Plus with a camera you can take photos of friends, family, pets, take it on travels and shoot anything else you like -- it may even fit in your pocket! Try that with a scanner. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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