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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2286879, member: 15929&quot;]While a camera is the best way to go, it also requires a bit of work.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to use an HP Scanjet 3970 Scanner until Windows Vista came out. HP no longer created a driver for it for Vista or Windows 7.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have it hooked up to an older XP System but the bulb is getting very tired.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used that scanner for the following images:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457902[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>No way the scanner would repeat this since, as I said, it&#039;s fairly old (2004). </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve shopped for scanners but it&#039;s kinda hard to test drive one that&#039;ll do coins. From what I understand, it needs 3d capabilities or else the images (especially in slabs) are out of focus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m afraid that a good quality scanner would run me between $1700 and $2500 and I just don&#039;t have that kind of money to blow on something which may or may not meet my needs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what the scanner does today:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457903[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the horizontal streaks? This slab was scanned sideways otherwise the streaks would be vertical and really obvious.</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased an Epson V33 which I hate as the scanning bulbs create what looks like an artificial luster which I have no idea on how to correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457906[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The image above was lightened a bit sooo, I hang on to the HP 3970 which gives (or gave) reasonable out of the box images.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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