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Milt Keller · 04-07-2001, 08:17 PM

Scanned my Luger today, it's better than my camera, I'll use that more often!

Milt

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/luger5.JPG

Frank · 04-07-2001, 08:48 PM

Also a nice Luger !!! What brand is it?

Milt Keller · 04-07-2001, 09:05 PM

Thanks Frank, It's a 1916 DWM. Not anything rare, but in good shape, for i't aqe and, fires great!

Milt

Rick K · 04-07-2001, 10:52 PM

but now I think I'm going to get a scanner!

John Sabato · 04-07-2001, 11:17 PM

and can take good shots of 3D objects laid on the glass, but it very limited otherwise. You can't put everything of which you would like to have a digital image on the scanner glass. Save your pennies and get both!

-John

Milt Keller · 04-08-2001, 01:40 AM

Rick,

You really need both. I bought a Nikon 950 Millennium, it's really great, look over E-Bay for one. You can get a pretty good deal, if you know what you're buying. Good luck.

Milt

Kyrie · 04-08-2001, 06:54 PM

Hi Rick,

Get both

A scanner is a wonderful tool to get a "quick and dirty" image. Most produce really *good* images of anything that will fit on the scanner bed. But they won't work with long barreled pistols (like an Arty) or a rifle, and they don't do magnified close ups - which you will need to get good shots of some markings.

As you get older, and your eyes become less able, I think you will delight in a digital camera with a 10X (or better) lens

Best regards,

Kyrie

04-09-2001, 12:37 AM

I have been scanning 3-d for some time

with a Mustek 600 III EP+some good results

some bad. But I'll say that scan of yours

is far better than I've been able to produce.

J Pepper will vouch for that.

I e-mailed him a few that I wish were that

good.

How about sharing with us.

Whats the scanner ?

Whats the software Photo art program.

and any other particulars.such as background.

and did you have to do any color corrections ?

Your scanner shows very good depth of field

Wish mine did as well.

Viggo G.

I'm sending (via "DOC") a Documentary Sheet that

I made on my scanner that needed lots of correction

and never did get the quality to match yours.

Has any one tried to scan at 720 and up DPI.

Try zooming in and out 1/4 , 1/2 , 1-1 , 2x , 4x

As you can see by some of the insets that there is

great posibility shown here if I could only get good

color.

Milt Keller · 04-09-2001, 02:15 AM

Viggo G.

Hey thanks, I wish I could answer your questions regarding my scanner other than it is an HP scanner with the usual software that comes with them. I recall that it was the most expensive of the others at the store.

Since that scan of my DWM I did another one, not bad! Though I don't think that this thing will replace my digital camera!

Milt Keller

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/GermanMedal.JPG

Ted · 04-09-2001, 06:29 AM

The attached 62 KB picture is of my watch taken with my now old obsolete (yeah right) Nikon 950 Coolpix. The Letters in the "JAPAN MOVT" are 1/100" High that is 1/10 or 0.1" High and I cannot read them with my naked eye but the can read them easily when I took this picture. The camera has no differentiating eye, it gets the good, bad and ugly and magnifies it. I take pictures of proof marks on a smooth surface and notice it is not smooth at all! Ted

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/Tedwatch.jpg

04-07-2001, 08:17 PM	#1
Milt Keller User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Scanned Luger...Sharp! Scanned my Luger today, it's better than my camera, I'll use that more often! Milt http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/luger5.JPG

04-07-2001, 08:48 PM	#2
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 165 Times in 87 Posts	Milt, it's SUPER Also a nice Luger !!! What brand is it?

04-07-2001, 09:05 PM	#3
Milt Keller User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Milt, it's SUPER Thanks Frank, It's a 1916 DWM. Not anything rare, but in good shape, for i't aqe and, fires great! Milt

04-07-2001, 10:52 PM	#4
Rick K User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cochran, GA Posts: 305 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was thinking about getting a digital camera... but now I think I'm going to get a scanner!

04-07-2001, 11:17 PM	#5
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	A scanner definitely comes in handy and can take good shots of 3D objects laid on the glass, but it very limited otherwise. You can't put everything of which you would like to have a digital image on the scanner glass. Save your pennies and get both! -John

04-08-2001, 01:40 AM	#6
Milt Keller User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I was thinking about getting a digital camera... Rick, You really need both. I bought a Nikon 950 Millennium, it's really great, look over E-Bay for one. You can get a pretty good deal, if you know what you're buying. Good luck. Milt

04-08-2001, 06:54 PM	#7
Kyrie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 757 Thanks: 0 Thanked 212 Times in 101 Posts	Re: I was thinking about getting a digital camera... Hi Rick, Get both A scanner is a wonderful tool to get a "quick and dirty" image. Most produce really good images of anything that will fit on the scanner bed. But they won't work with long barreled pistols (like an Arty) or a rifle, and they don't do magnified close ups - which you will need to get good shots of some markings. As you get older, and your eyes become less able, I think you will delight in a digital camera with a 10X (or better) lens Best regards, Kyrie

04-09-2001, 12:37 AM	#8
Viggo G. Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Scanned Luger...Sharp! I have been scanning 3-d for some time with a Mustek 600 III EP+some good results some bad. But I'll say that scan of yours is far better than I've been able to produce. J Pepper will vouch for that. I e-mailed him a few that I wish were that good. How about sharing with us. Whats the scanner ? Whats the software Photo art program. and any other particulars.such as background. and did you have to do any color corrections ? Your scanner shows very good depth of field Wish mine did as well. Viggo G. I'm sending (via "DOC") a Documentary Sheet that I made on my scanner that needed lots of correction and never did get the quality to match yours. Has any one tried to scan at 720 and up DPI. Try zooming in and out 1/4 , 1/2 , 1-1 , 2x , 4x As you can see by some of the insets that there is great posibility shown here if I could only get good color.

04-09-2001, 02:15 AM	#9
Milt Keller User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Scanned Luger...Sharp! Viggo G. Hey thanks, I wish I could answer your questions regarding my scanner other than it is an HP scanner with the usual software that comes with them. I recall that it was the most expensive of the others at the store. Since that scan of my DWM I did another one, not bad! Though I don't think that this thing will replace my digital camera! Milt Keller http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/GermanMedal.JPG

04-09-2001, 06:29 AM	#10
Ted User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: SC Posts: 726 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scanned Luger...Sharp! The attached 62 KB picture is of my watch taken with my now old obsolete (yeah right) Nikon 950 Coolpix. The Letters in the "JAPAN MOVT" are 1/100" High that is 1/10 or 0.1" High and I cannot read them with my naked eye but the can read them easily when I took this picture. The camera has no differentiating eye, it gets the good, bad and ugly and magnifies it. I take pictures of proof marks on a smooth surface and notice it is not smooth at all! Ted http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/Tedwatch.jpg