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punman Pillar of the Community Canada 849 Posts	Posted 10/04/2013 12:00 am How are most coin pics done for ebay? I have taken a few pics of my coins with my DSLR and have got decent results but it is quite time consuming setting up the tripod, various exposures, images to the computer, photo editing and so on. I see many sellers with many images and cannot imagine that they do it that way. Is there some special scanner or what? I'd post more pics on this site but it is so time consuming. Report this Post to the Staff

BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4592 Posts	Posted 10/04/2013 12:42 am It's all over the block. Some use USB microscopes (e.g. DinoLite), others use cell phones (and take terrible pictures). People doing any kind of volume have something setup permanently... casual sellers do it in batches. Crooks steal other people's picture or use "stock" images. Some shoot at 640x480, others post larger pictures or crop & size DLSR images to fit. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 10/10/2013 4:46 pm On ebay each seller does his own thing (including stealing others images). The best images are done with a DSLR. But there are a lot of newer point-and-shoot cameras that do very well. USB microscopes are overkill. They are only necessary for close-up imaging of DDO / DDR or RPD/RPM. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4592 Posts	Posted 10/10/2013 6:15 pm Quote: USB microscopes are overkill. I don't think of a 1280x1024 1.3 Megapixel image as "overkill" - with a little distance it takes a nice overall picture. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 10/10/2013 8:24 pm Yeah USB scopes do ok. I use one for ebay pics and they're usually better than most. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
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