Coin imaging 101...what is wrong with this full slab Heritage image?
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They really need to do two sets of photos. One close up of the coin and one generic shot of the slab.
When I do my e-bay pics I spend a few more seconds with a close up and almost no time at all on the slab shot as long as the serial number is visible.
They got it better in earlier auctions. When the label is off color the coin is too.
The earlier auction comes closer to a true blue label PCGS slab. I mean, we do know what blue labels really look like, don't we?
A better example to compare the Heritage image against. True blue labels.
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<< <i>We have to remember Heritage sees thousnads of coins a month and to get the image right on every one of them would be like asking for world peace. Not gonna happen. I worry less about what the slab looks like, but moreso what the coin looks like. >>
The problem is it is a large quantity of photos not just the occasional goof. Granted just about every image is better than any other auction house, once you get a pattern down for something as simple as white balance it is less likely a mistake will be made.
<< <i>I was going to say white balance but reading the replies I see you've come to that conclusion so instead I'm just going to bump my post count. >>
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<< <i>A better example to compare the Heritage image against. True blue labels.
Nice slab images Paul!
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Good, I am glad I did not get it wrong.
LeeG nice color on that one.
This is my point. Lee didn't take hours to image this. He knows how to set up his camera & lights from experience.
Bruceswar - have to remember Heritage sees thousands of coins a month and to get the image right on every one of them would be like asking for world peace. Not gonna happen. I worry less about what the slab looks like, but more so what the coin looks like.
When you image thousands of coins a month you find a coin imaging set up and stick to it. You don't change the set up for each coin.
It's assembly line imaging. And if your set up is off every coin you image for that auction is off. Heritage is famous for that with coppers.
Heritage: take a cue from Lee, get the label color right in your images, remember how you did it, and then rattle off the hundreds
of PCGS certified copper images for your next auction. I assure you, the coins will look great if the label looks right.
They waste most of their image on the slab. I wish they would always make the coin edges stop just before the edge of the image, or maybe that on three sides and add in the lable key parts at the top.