Scanner question

[GoldenAge50s]

I believe Minty mis-spoke---You want a CCD scanning element, NOT CIS!

CIS (Contact Image Sensor) is only good for scanning perfectly FLAT items like a sheet of paper or a page.

For objects w/ any THICKNESS at all (slabs or the like) you need a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) or your scans will not be sharp & clear.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I believe Minty mis-spoke---You want a CCD scanning element, NOT CIS!

CIS (Contact Image Sensor) is only good for scanning perfectly FLAT items like a sheet of paper or a page.

For objects w/ any THICKNESS at all (slabs or the like) you need a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) or your scans will not be sharp & clear.

Yes, I picked up a Canon CCD for 35.00 based on recommendations in an older thread and it works great. I think I know what you alluding to with the MP; the size of the image does not matter when you have the CCD scanner, assuming you were thinking (like I did) that you have to make and incredibly large image and compress it in order to decrease the blurred areas. Don't know if that is what you meant though.