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Anyone know how well these scanners work with cards?

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  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭✭
    I would guess, OK with raw cards, but without a CCD scanning element, horrible for graded cards. My main question would be, why would you spend $$ on 4 year old technology when a GOOD CCD scanner is in the $60 range delivered. I would venture to guess that the camera in your phone, which is much more portable than that scanner, will give you as good, if not a better picture of a raw card, and probably a slabbed card too, assuming the flash isn't an issue.
  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would guess, OK with raw cards, but without a CCD scanning element, horrible for graded cards. My main question would be, why would you spend $$ on 4 year old technology when a GOOD CCD scanner is in the $60 range delivered. I would venture to guess that the camera in your phone, which is much more portable than that scanner, will give you as good, if not a better picture of a raw card, and probably a slabbed card too, assuming the flash isn't an issue. >>



    Wow, ok. I didn't realize these were that old. image I guess because it looked super easy was the immediate appealing aspect to me. For some reason I'm a bit intimidated by a lot of the scanners I have considered with the settings, adjustments, etc. I think I may just need to get over it! image
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭✭
    Video was posted in 2011, I saw in the video that the "time stamp" on the pics sent to the computer was a 2009 date. Add that to the fact that the moved the camera back when the picture scans came up, as opposed to the B&W document, I think you have your quality answer.

    Get yourself an Epson V30, about $60-$65 delivered when I got mine over a year ago, and I'll let you know what I use for my settings (that someone else posted here) that work great for slabbed cards. An all in one printer-scanner does do a better job on refractor type new cards, but for slabbed non-refractors the Epson is great and cheap!
  • radmanradman Posts: 89 ✭✭
  • radmanradman Posts: 89 ✭✭
    Anyone have luck with a digital SLR?
    MUCH faster to take pics at high res, but lighting and settings are tricky?
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