Phone picture vs scans

[todeen]

there is an app called Photoscan that you can use that I highly recommend. It takes away glare and tries to improve quality of picture. I will post an example shortly.

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[Louisville_Hugger]

I’d be happy to buy that Clarence Beaumont from you if you’re not happy with it.

[John V]

Lighting, focus, resolution and user error.
All factors that influence our photos.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by todeen

there is an app called Photoscan that you can use that I highly recommend. It takes away glare and tries to improve quality of picture. I will post an example shortly.

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Unless they have greatly improved the app, I would advise against using it. It's been about two years since I used it. The quality at that time not good whatsoever.

The app makes you take four photos of different areas of your item, then combines all to form a sort of conglomerate FrankenPhoto with predictably uneven results. Lots of awful, electronically blotched/smeared areas which nobody has any interest in. It also utilizes the camera flash on your phone. When taking pictures of your card from 4 different places, the flash, as placed at four different positions, is going to present problems because of the minute differences in light and angles, etc. Not even a surgeon's hands are so steady that they are going to be able to take 4 different camera phone photos at the exact same heights and angles. Unless they've come up with some impressive changes, I'll never use that app again.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Another benefit of scans is that they show the card from directly on. I can't get over how many sellers want thousands of dollars for a card with a photo that's at a terrible angle.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I do recall that the PhotoScan app does do its best to create a straight-on image, but the results left much to be desired.

[atx840]

posted before, sometimes scans aren't better

[Lorewalker]

With the exception of Chris' example which is jarring each time I see it, I am 100% opposed to cell phone pics for 2D items. I will not bid on a card where the seller uses a cell pic. 99 times out of 100 they are shot on angles that distort the cards, poorly lit, there are reflections on the holders (if they are graded cards), images are usually blurry and simply do not allow me to assess a card properly for those things I would be looking for.

Besides those reasons, I am an anti cell phone guy at heart and find it to be the lazy approach to capture a card however those who do it will deem it convenient. If it was such a great way to provide images of cards then every house would do it yet all scan.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by atx840

posted before, sometimes scans aren't better

Doctored scans certainly aren't better.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Doctored scans certainly aren't better.

Yeah, there's no way that scan is untouched.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by atx840

posted before, sometimes scans aren't better

That ones on Heritage 100%

[OLDBILL]

Did Heritage describe the multiple creases on the front of the card ?