Deceptive Ebay Scans - problem solved?

[Runscott]

Interesting responses. I use a CanoScan 9000F, but I don't scan in a dark room, and probably won't. For raw cards, I usually put something flat and black over the cards, then drop the lid.

In any case, my example might explain possibly unintentionally deceptive scans. I had scanned all of my recent graded cards with the lid up, but then saw the that Mack was missing his wrinkles, so re-scanned everything.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Interesting responses. I use a CanoScan 9000F, but I don't scan in a dark room, and probably won't. For raw cards, I usually put something flat and black over the cards, then drop the lid.

In any case, my example might explain possibly unintentionally deceptive scans. I had scanned all of my recent graded cards with the lid up, but then saw the that Mack was missing his wrinkles, so re-scanned everything.

Yes the solution for getting a black back ground is putting something else over the back. Keeping the lid up is allowing too much light in, the calibration in the color management system now has to overcompensate and turn that to a solid color (black) which makes your black point (just the opposite of a white point) a lot deeper than it should be messing up all the saturation.

[BlueSky]

Lid up with the lights off might not work for everyone.

[Ronnie73]

When selling cards, I scan with the lid up but cover the card with an empty black three ring binder. That usually gives a nice color difference for showing corner and border details. I also set the DPI to 150 to 300 so its a larger clearer scan.