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Guideforquality for okayCoinlistings photographs, cheap and simple.(REAL PHOTOGRAPHS = MORE SALES / BIDS) one-bayis designedfor any volume seller of small unique detailed items, GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS Result in more bids.This GUIDE isa low cost solution,easymethod forquality photographsof high grade silver,gold, and othersmall detailed items topresent here on okay. High quality photographs in your listings will result in more bids, sales, and revenue! Plus a higher SELLER rating from your customers. With limited practice and a table top camera tripod, a basic digital camera, no flash, set on macro, camera set on two second delay, and two table lamps, you will provide buyers with real value, and not have to make excuses for your lack of equipment, and best of all, forget the document scanner and geplicated software.

Much faster and nicer than machine document paper scans, that must use your valuable time and software issues. After many requests, I have decided to postmy e-Bay listing photographytipsfor all to see.Although I list and photograph coins, this easy to use process works very well for any small silver, copper, gold, bronze and other items (my wife loves it for her vintage Barbie clothing items). There is not a scanner machine on the market that is designed to duplicate objects with more than two sides (yes coins have a very important third side, the rim, or edge, as do almost all objects). Scanners are great for paper documents (including paper money notes), but that is all they are designed for.
Digital photographs are much faster to produce than scans, and do not require the adjustments and timethat a scanned image can take to even gee close to duplicating what you are selling. Customers want to see the realitem before making a purchase / bid. They donot want to read excuses for poor quality images, and the "trust my feedback" record to make up for a lack of skills to list high end items.
Theactual listing photographs you will view below and in allmy listings were taken with a very inexpensive (under $200) Nikon Cool Pix digital camera or equivalent with a macro setting, make sure you have the camera set on "MACRO". NO FLASH IS USED, THE CAMERA WILL SHOW YOU WHEN IT HAS ACQUIRED THE PROPER LIGHTING, YOU WILL NEED TO TRY VARIOUS LIGHTING POSITIONS BY MOVING THE ADJUSTABLE TABLE MOUNTED LAMPS DESCRIBED BELOW! You will most likely, ;-] actually have read portions of your cameras operating instructions, if you are like me, you will be very surprised by what you never knew your inexpensivecamera is capable of performing. But wait, there's more!
And if you scroll past the photograph samples belowyou will be learning / readingeven more for free. And, please do not forget to click the YES box at the bottom of this guide for a special thank you from me! Read on to discover more!



Read on for all the details for presenting Small size / MacroobjectPhotographs to increase your per item sales revenue! (unless you are content with eating lost revenue to other sellers of the same or even less quality merchandise).
I use a black leather covered card table for my base (any 4'x4' or so size table with a 2" edge lip over-hang to mount the lamps will work), this table is what you have your display lamps mounted on. The following are critical steps: I use TWO ELBOW JOINTED ADJUSTABLE DESK LAMPS ($20 each atStaples and other office supply stores,and less on okay). They are the kind you see at every coin and flea market show on dealer's tables to highlight their glass table top cases. Very important: each of the lampsmust be fitted with a FULL SPECTRUM DAYLIGHT gePACT FLUORESCENT BULB (15 watts) with a 900 lumens light output. The bulbs run about$7 each, and are available at Home Depot, Lowes, and other stores.
The next critical geponent is that you must use an ADJUSTABLETABLETOP TRIPOD for mounting your camera on, the photographs above were takenwith the camera lens about five inchespositioned almost directly above the coins, and the two lamps positioned 2 FEETbehind the coinsand abouteight inches above the table surface ANGLED facing at a slight angle towards the coins FROM BEHIND. (Table Top Tripod is $17 at Best Buy (less here on e-Bay), you may have to ask where they are located in the store, they are not with the large tripods).
The final (almost) important tip is to use your camera's TWO SECOND DELAY SETTING, DO NOT FORGET TO SET YOUR CAMERA TO ITS MACRO SETTING, AND TURN OFF THE FLASHfor the photographs (again you mayread the camera owners manual, as I had too). This will ensure that there is absolutely no movement of the tripod or camerawhile taking thephotographs. The rest gees with practice:
*Ensure you utilize your cameras 2 or 10 scond delay self timer feature to eliminate any chance of movement while you shoot the shot!
learning to position the lights slightly above and well behind and to each side of the coin or small objects, and mastering the various exposure settings to determine which works best for yourlighting setup and the particular coin or small item, or other smallfiguresyou are photographing.
For example, if you are photographing a proof coin, you would not use the same camera exposure settings as you would for a raw, circulated coin, or a tarnished silver piece. It helps to keep alog of your photography settings that worked well for various items.
BIG TIP: Make sure there areNO OTHER LIGHTING SOURCES(such as sunlight) in the room. I learned the hard way that you cannot mix lighting sources. It does not have to be a dark room, just ensure that there is no other direct lighting source aimed towards your table set up. Make sure your camera is set for FLUORESCENT lighting, again the cameras owners manual will explain this easy setting, they all have this setting, just like indoor, outside, settings.
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