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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
I see many poor fuzzy images posted with questions about the coin presented. Most often, by first time posters or very new members. I would like to suggest that the topic gets locked, deleted or archived or something. Here is my own image to show you, for example what I am talking about. I am sure that others are feeling the same way. Sometimes the frustration comes out in sarcasm or blunt impolite remarks to the OP. That isn't any help either.  INSERT any of these questions for a topic.a. Can you tell me if this is a double die penny?
b. Please grade?
c. Is this a large date?
d. How much is this worth?
Rant version: I am getting tired of taking the time to read a post I'd like to be helpful with, only to see quite often that the image provided is plainly impossible to identify and I feel it is ridiculous to expect anyone to be able to answer. Common sense would tell a poster that the image isn't worth Two Cents. Wish they would just get deleted with a new rule added and a message sent by a mod why it was deleted. We are here to help new collectors, yes, but c'mon.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
I resemble that remark. I can't tell you how many images I have to take to get one decent one. Normally I leave it professionals, but when I do them myself...it takes a great number of attempts to get one that is "visibly clear". Practice.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10284 Posts |
Oh how I hate to wait .. Not sure if you understand my rant.
If you have a lousy picture, you don't post it, I'm sure. You keep trying and post the best you can.
This is a coin forum, a hobby where details are most often, very important.
If we were in the beanie baby collectors forum, fuzzy pictures would be fine. They might even make me feel warm and happy.
I might not have the best pictures myself, OK, they are borderline acceptable most often, but I know what it's like to take 10 pictures of a coin to get one that is at least presentable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
I got it, if you have a bad image don't post it...practice more, then post a good image that can discussed...other than disgusted.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5838 Posts |
Don't think if there's a guideline for posting pictures, but even if there's one there will be new comers that don't read it unless rules are in force, and if the website has built in auto detection in not approving upload of bad images.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
I think it would be up to the mods monitoring. It would save the members from wasting time reading these posts and some, from making lo-brow remarks. Just a suggestion. I know the mods have enough to do but if one found such a post, all they would have to do is report the post with the link. It could tactfully tell the poster in an email that the image was not sufficiently clear enough to have the topic continue. Just a suggestion, something to think about .... the alternative is to do nothing and let it continue. I know, yes, I can just ignore posts like these that seem to be one of them by title, but I might just miss something neat too.  |
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
Some new users post excellent pictures first thing, others take practice. Locking a thread because of bad images would discourage users from even trying. We all have to start somewhere.
As was mentioned, posted rules are not always read fully, so having a rule about bad pictures would probably not help anyone.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
5385 Posts |
What gets my goat is that so many posters don't bother to crop their images and what we see is a large image of some paper with a tiny coin somewhere on it, most times upside down, or sideways.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Well, thanks for the points of view on this from all. I got my pet peeve out there and off my chest. It's all good.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Dude, if bad pictures were a crime on this forum I would be sentenced to death. I just haven't taken the time to set up one of those elaborate rigs folks post about in the picture forum. I would like to be able to take a closeup pic with my iPhone but whenever I get too close to the coin the image becomes blurry.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12477 Posts |
NickelGuy, That one you posted looks like a 1982 Large Date Copper. Maybe? I'd say probably MS63RD.  I know it's frustrating. All I feel I can do is encourage newer members to get better images. A lot of the time, it works. Like Fuzzy said, it would be very discouraging and create an exclusive atmosphere if topics were locked because of poor pictures. I think I take fairly decent photos using only my phone and maybe a clip-on macro lens I got on clearance. However, I have a little bit of a background in amateur photography using DSLRs (some pro models) forcing myself to use them in total manual mode to learn and I know some about the process of editing. That's not the case with most new users. I think being honest and encouraging is the best solution. If someone is genuinely interested in getting an answer to their question about a coin, they'll put in the effort to provide clearer pics. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
07/14/2017 01:58 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
OK ... I surrender Let's move on   |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5180 Posts |
This is why I so often post identification threads without any images at all (though it's been less common now that I have a smartphone and know how to use the camera function on it) - I consider this to be better than posting the kind of poor image I could take quickly. This thread from 2012 is a good example of what I'm talking about; and I'm pretty sure that a lot of CCF members (especially the less experienced ones) still have fairly similar cameras (and/or similar photo-taking skills) even today. |
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Posted 07/13/2017 2:04 pm
