OT: Scanner recommendations

[Anthony S.]

Matt,

Thanks for posting the before (CIS) and after (CCD) scans. That seems to make a huge difference in the picture clarity for slabbed cards.

[sando69]

the quality of the scan is exceeded only by the sheer beauty of the card...
congratulations on them both!
spectacular acquisitions!

[calvindog]

Mark, thanks, I love that card. The scanned image always blows me away.

[docpatlv]

Jeff,

Did you have to adjust the settings at all or are those the default settings? That is one of the clearest scans I think I have ever seen. I may have to look into your Canon model when it's time to put my HP to rest.

Mike

[cfc1909]

I'm with Jeff, except mine is Canon 8600F. Seems to work great. Used it for my albums in my profile.

JR cfc1909

[calvindog]

Mike, those are the default settings. The only tweaking I do is to sharpen the scan a bit after I upload it to my flickr site. Unfortunately I don't know how to do much else with the scans. Here's another example from the Canon scanner:

[docpatlv]

Jeff,

I'm really impressed with how that Epson reproduces the color. I thought maybe it was just the Cobb, but the Jackson looks great too.

By the way, you didn't happen to win the Cobb Piedmont Art Stamp last night (Huggins and Scott)...I was the underbidder wondering if that might have been you that won it...Congrats if you did.

Mike

[calvindog]

Mike, my scanner is the Canon 8800F. And no, I didn't win that Cobb stamp -- not my fault!