Hi...Melissa..
Thanks for the comments on my necklaces..I've been wanting to get my hands on some brighter more opaque stones for a while and was finally able to..it's been fun
As for the scanner..I have a Hewlet (Hewlit?) Packard Scan Jet 3400C. It seems to take pretty good detail..only prob I have is shadows. My dig camera is a Canon powershot s10 and it's only 2.1 mega pixels. I got it a few years ago and it's always worked great for only being 2.1 mega pixels. My sis just got a newer Canon with 5 mega pixels and it is SUPER clear. I'm dieing to take some pics of jewelry with that.
But my recent understanding is if you are in the market for a dig camera..the higher the mega pixels, the clearer the image. Not sure how it works with a scanner though. I just know my lexmark scanner will not do detail at all. My problem with taking digital pics of jewelry is I don't know how to set up the lighting and it would often affect the true color of the jewelry even worse..so the scanner has been the best best. I've heard that a lot of jewelry artists use the scanner to take pics of thier jewelry as well.
Looking forward to seeing your new stuff!