David,

Get yourself a decent digital camera! For $150 on eBay you can buy
cameras that have built-in flash and macro capabilities that will far
outperform your scanner. Scanners are useful, but a digital camera is
10 times better!

Best regards,
Jim

P.S. If you are interested, I have an extra Nikon 8 megapixel with
zoom and macro that writes to compact flash cards for $120. It's not
cosmetically beautiful, but gets the job done. I just bought a 12
megapixel camera and don't need the 8 MP any more.

On Feb 21, 2010, at 11:53 PM, David Kirsh wrote:

> No, not the movie.
>
> I recently got a Lexmark copier/fax/scanner with high resolution
> that works well...everything except for the fact that I can't scan
> shells the way I did on an older scanner. I used to be able to scan
> shells down to about 10mm at high resolution and be able to enlarge
> the images with good results.
>
> The Lexmark images have virtually no depth of field so that any 3-
> dimensional object will be out of focus and pixilated where it's not
> touching the glass. Yet a flat document can be enlarged quite a bit
> and remain sharp.
>
> Has anyone encountered or solved this problem with a recent scanner?
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
> "When you're chewing on life's gristle, DON'T grumble. Give a
> whistle!" --from Life of Brian
>
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