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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samjimmy, post: 243202, member: 3813&quot;]Well, it wasn&#039;t really a question, I just wanted to see a couple of other images.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only problem with your tilting technique is that the top of the coin is out of focus.&nbsp; With an ~450x450 pixel image, it&#039;s OK, but it won&#039;t get more in focus as you go larger.&nbsp; It&#039;s one of the better scanned images I&#039;ve seen though, far as scanners go, and it has nice color.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most scanners are designed to scan the glass surface, and the depth of field ranges from none to less than none.&nbsp; The lighting is what it is.&nbsp; That HP seems to do a pretty good job, though that&#039;s it.&nbsp; It&#039;s more or less non-adjustable.&nbsp; You can&#039;t adjust the lights to highlight another side or angle.&nbsp; You can rotate the coin, and eventually figure out somewhat predictable results, but nothing like using lights.&nbsp; Scanning high res. images is also a tad bit time consuming with many scanners.&nbsp; Not something I&#039;d use for 1,000&#039;s or even 100&#039;s of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say though that it&#039;s absolutely possible to get as good, if not better detail with a camera (and not even that expensive of a setup.&nbsp; It is harder though, and not as easy as just putting a coin on a bed and pressing a button (tricks such as tilting and adjusting the settings are needed, as they are with photography of course).&nbsp; A $100 Wal-mart point and shoot probably won&#039;t cut it, but for ~$500 or less you could get there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have this tiny scanner I bought years ago for around $70.&nbsp; Works great for just about anything... except coins.&nbsp; The bottom line is that you if it&#039;s good enough for your needs, it&#039;s good enough.&nbsp; A scanner is useful for other things aside from coins, but if you&#039;re not one to scan things often, then I&#039;d probably get a camera as it too has many other uses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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