I've been using my scanner to scan coins and such and it turns out pretty good, but it takes FOREVER!!.. I'm looking into buying a digital camera that can get close up of the coin itself and good quality. I once bough a polaroid digi cam and wow that thing is a piece of junk (wasted $100) i could not zoom in on a close up of the coins and it was very blurry. Can somone suggest a cam that can be good with little things such as coins?. I hear nothing under 2.0 mega pixles. I dont want to spend anything over $300 though

I tell you what I had one, a $300 digital camera (when I bought it) (http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6613935-1304-5598384.html?tag=pdtl-list). Well my girl friend sells jewelry on e-bay and she couldn't get good enough details in the pics with that camera even with the help of Adobe Photoshop. So know I have Sony Cyber Shot (http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6613935-1304-6939636.html?tag=pdtl-list) and she doesn't have that problem anymore. The way I see these cameras you get what you pay for so in your case if you buy a $300 one you might want to buy it from a place that has a good return policy. Just my 2 cents and something to think about. Good luck.

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Thanks for the advice!

anyone eles ?

Go to www.cnet.com and read reviews about digital camera.

ok i am thinking about a the Canon a40 its close to or around $300.What do you guys think of this cam? and do you think this can get the coins/small things?

You need one that has a MACRO facility, I use a Fufi Finepix 4800Zoom, works great for close ups, not sure what the current retail price is, but I'm sure it cant be far off your budget...Tony92

Thanks for the input Tony92, but the Fugi seems outta my price range.

I think i am going for the Canon A40, but th eonly thing that I am thinking about is this E18 error that some people get. Does Canon fix that for you or not?. I hear that it doenst

I got my A40 a month ago. Have not used it that much, but it looks impressive.
Give me your mail, and I can send you some pictures taken with it. :)
Check out the reviews on both www.steves-digicams.com or www.dcresource.com , you may find some useful info there. :)

send some pics this way lyke00@hotmail.com

i am going to get the a40! can't wait