I have finally given up intending to replace my
poor coin scans with
good digital photographs by taking the leap into actually doing it. I went digital just over a year ago with the Nikon D40X DSLR. I do a lot of photography so have been using it quite a
bit.
I've been a long time lover of Photoshop but have recently become enamoured of its younger sister, Lightroom. Lightroom is essentially a digital version of the old film Darkroom. It allows multiple images to be loaded in organised folders, etc and digital darkroom manipulations to be made in
bulk. It does much more of course, including cataloguing. Suggest you check it out on Adobe's website and download a trial. I will be using it to
fine tune my coin images.
The other new love in my life, for those of you with Nikon DSLR's, is Nikon's Camera Control
Pro. This interesting piece of
software controls my camera from the computer with the camera attached via usb. It allows setting the likes of aperture, shutter speed, etc from the
software, taking the photo by clicking an icon and the images are capture straight to a designated folder on the hard drive. Suggest you check it out if you are going to do a lot of photography of coins and similar items. If Nikon have done it, perhaps others manufacturers have a similar product.