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<p>[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1457945, member: 75105"]With all due respect, that statement is incorrect. Even if you get the angle right, the end result will be very, very grainy. I've never seen a scanner that came close to even a $50 walmart special as far as image quality. Even a modern cell phone camera can produce better pictures. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a photo of a buffalo nickel taken with a cell phone at 1 megapixel resolution. No scanner can beat this.</p><p><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMAG0054.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1457945, member: 75105"]With all due respect, that statement is incorrect. Even if you get the angle right, the end result will be very, very grainy. I've never seen a scanner that came close to even a $50 walmart special as far as image quality. Even a modern cell phone camera can produce better pictures. Here is a photo of a buffalo nickel taken with a cell phone at 1 megapixel resolution. No scanner can beat this. [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMAG0054.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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