Quality Of Pictures Of Ebay Seller

Focus is the first goal of any photo. Out of focus shots are pretty useless except as examples of what not to do. That said, it's hard to comment without seeing the pics. Can you provide a link to an auction (maybe a closed one?) from the seller with comments on the problems you see?

Unfortunately, Logic, you are the exception to the rule. I know of you on ebay; I generally view every Morgan you offer because I'm cherrypicking interesting varieties, and your photography is good enough to leave no doubt as to condition. You guys could just post the pictures with no copy whatsoever, and it wouldn't matter to me.

But you are in the minority, and underestimating (as have others here) the incompetence of many ebay coin sellers. They either don't think their photography is that bad, they don't care, or they're intellectually incapable of learning to do it right.

ebay is capable of making an entrepreneur out of a flatworm, and the proof is before us every day.

For some reason when I have coins with slight toning. The pictures always look like the toning is greater than it is. I sell on ebay and my pictures are clear and in focus. But I'm not selling any high dollar coins and most of my coins do okay. Yes I agree alot of sellers pictures suck and you are rolling the dice if you buy off them.

It is INSANE.....to think that most people who will post a coin or anything and SELL on ebay, Have absolutely no idea of how to take a photograph........PERIOD....half the time the lighting is so bad you can't quite see what you want to bid on but its something you want to bid on......
LOOK, in this forum..in the photo section....
its beyond simple photos, its about high end photo's that you will not see on ebay as a general example...GSCoins who we all must stack its coins photo's to make them appear so much better...Yet the general public which are dealers do not no how to enhance there items by :WORD or pictures".....
This forum is not about sales or anything like that, but informs us on how to ge3t the most out of our equipment to take the best pictures from what we have....
on the back side of this I would impliment....we can also see.. with..this knowledge.....those who can enhance photo's ......the knowledge hear SEVERLY shows those that have done so...This is a great site!!!

Why did you go 10 pages deep into the archive to bump a thread?

My best buys are from ebay sellers who took poor coin photos!

I'll buy that. Carry on.

For ebay, 90% of my coins are photographed using my printer's scanner function. Just lay them on the glass and scan. It is designed for close-up shots and does an excellent job. Recommend placing a black background behind your coin instead of the white background that comes with the scanner.

For the 5% that are worn coins, the scanner does not pick up the details very well due to being a directly overhead photo. For these, I use a 10MP camera with macro capability (within 3") and a movable light source. Have to be careful about taking photos from other than directly above as it can make the coin look bent depending on where you put the light source.

For the 5% that are encapsulated, or wrapped in some other transparent plastic (usually by the US Mint), I just attach a note to the item description stating that the coins are flawless and encapulated. Discoloration is a result of reflection of light through the plastic. So far, this has prevented any lower than expected sale prices or returns due to defects.