Scanner vs. Digital Camera test with a pretty English coin
Aethelred
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To test what I can do with my new Nikon camera vs. my Visioneer scanner I took side by side images of the same coin with the same background color. Here are the results:
SCANNER:
CAMERA:
(edited to add that this is a silver British Three Shilling dated 1812)
SCANNER:
CAMERA:
(edited to add that this is a silver British Three Shilling dated 1812)
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Shep
09/07/2006
...and would that background color happen to be an NGC sl*b ?????
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<< <i>"...images of the same coin with the same background color." --Mortuus Rex
...and would that background color happen to be an NGC sl*b ?????
>>
No, not at all!!!!!
It's an ANACS slab.
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<< <i>Quite a difference Michael! The camera can see that same coin many ways too. Placing the differing background colors (even construction paper) drastically alters how your camera will see coins. >>
That will be somethinf fun to experiment with Joe, thanks for the tip.....Oh and the coin!
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While the camera is better at showing the fine details (and slab scratches), I think the scanner is a bit more accurate in this one particular instance (though the pic does look a bit washed out). That reddish reflection in the camera shot does not portray that blazing white beauty like it should- it almost makes it look like a copper coin!
I see some great possibilities with that new camera of yours, but you will probably need to practice with your lighting a bit.
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Hmm. I already said that, didn't I?
Anyway, the camera shot is technically better, perhaps, though the color on the scanner shot is (a little) closer to the true appearance of the coin. (Which is FAR superior to either picture).
Not suggestin' your pictures suck- they don't-but knowing that coin from personal viewings, I must say that neither picture does it any justice. It's gotta be hard to capture the beauty of a blazer like that.
<< <i>Being colorblind can't help matters. I don't see anything red. >>
Your flesh is reflected in the coin a bit.