Which of these two images shows better details for you? The first one or the second one? Trying to figure out if resizing large files on MS Paint works better or just lower quality pictures. The first picture is a 52MP image, cropped, then reduced on Paint. The second is 13MP cropped to fit. Thanks for your time!
This, by the way, is the 1958 (P) quarter with the Type B reverse. It's destined for grading, whenever I send out my next batch of coins to whichever TPG I finally decide on. I'm very undecisive, a trait that my wife is sincerely not fond of, so nothing is written in stone for the chosen grading party until I pay up. Just curious if it's worthwhile to take 13MP pics or just reduce some 52's. Thanks again!
I honestly don't see a difference, at least with 5 second looks at each. If I have to stare at each for 20 seconds to see any "difference" or "which is better"....that tells me ANY difference is marginal.
P.S.....I don't know if it means anything but I saved each of the pics to my PC....each was 1920x1920 but the 52 mp was 700 kilobytes and the 13 mp was 660 kbytes.
I'm not seeing much difference, either. MS Paint is useful for general applications, but to resize images (and do a lot more), you might find Lunapic.com useful. (I use "Scale Image" under the "Edit" menu). Lunapic offers most if not all of the functionality of Photoshop, and is a free platform: no login needed, and no software to download. Sure, there's a bit of a learning curve, but it's worth learning.
Im thinking about getting some kind of additional lights for using in conjunction with my scope. It's not exactly an ideal setup, but a few bucks for some little lights might help. The ones attached to the scope itself are ok but not long enough to really play around with.
PS- Lunapic also has an “Adjust focus” feature which is handy for sharpening images, though you’ll want to use that very sparingly, if at all. I seldom do more than one or two clicks. Too much sharpening can pixelate your image or make it look grainy.
