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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
I see so many approval books where the stamp/s take up a tiny amount of the available image space. I'm always looking for listed varieties, but how can I see the stamp up close and personal? Yes, I can zoom, but often the images are so low in DPI that it's to no advantage to zoom in on them.
Here's a random example, badly photoshopped so I don't identify the seller. This is a random and not unusual sample
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I'm with you a 100%! I'm always looking for varieties in various venues and need to have decent resolution or I'll simply pass on the item. I've see the same sludge listed on e*** for years and the sellers probably wonder why it doesn't sell...make an effort, folks!
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I also agree 100%.
I see cheap stamps from the old German states, which are missing from my collection, but I have no possibility to identify them if they are original (I bought a stamp at risk that turned out to be fake)
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Please kindly remember that the size of the pics for approvals is limited by the Stamporama system and approvals are photographing an entire page of stamps. A single stamp is fine and gives you great detail, but a page of 20 plus stamps - not so much. My pics using my iPad Pro are normally about 5 meg + or so which I need to compress down to about 880 k to be able to upload it. So that's not much per stamp on a page. That said, you're right - there is no excuse for not cropping.
Perhaps others have figured out a way to get a crisper pic within the limits. Could you perhaps give an example of a pic of a full page of approvals - 20 stamps or more - that you find acceptable and we can ask how they did it? I'd be delighted to learn how to do this.
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"the size of the pics for approvals is limited by the Stamporama system "
My images are done using 600dpi and if a set or single stamp the images on stamporama are cropped and come up reasonably well. A full image of an Approval page not so.
Here are the differences:-
The image for an Approval Page is too large to be shown on the Discussion Board but will fit in the Approval System. (A classic example of the Systems limitations)
If someone is putting a page of 12 to 35 stamps on an Approval Page the image of a particular stamp is going to be a lot less clear. Increasing the dpi takes the scanner longer to scan and that scan may not be accepted by the Stamporama System!
Please remember the work involved by the seller to produce an Approval Book and the limitation of 24 pages for sets and sheets and 100 minimum stamps for a normal book.
This in itself limits how and what can be produced image wise!!
I do not believe that the System has to be changed as it is workable and:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxU5Y9l ...
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If images are not up to scratch then it is up to the Management Team to sort it out.
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If there was a way to put all minimum 100 stamps on a page, some will do it!
But again, trying to correct the approval pages it's like beating on a dead horse.
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"But again, trying to correct the approval pages it's like beating on a dead horse.
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We have a saying in Old Caledonia "Where there is a will there is a way."
We also have another saying in Old Caledonia " Is it worth the time energy or money?"
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Is it just me?
I see so many approval books where the stamp/s take up a tiny amount of the available image space. I'm always looking for listed varieties, but how can I see the stamp up close and personal? Yes, I can zoom, but often the images are so low in DPI that it's to no advantage to zoom in on them.
Here's a random example, badly photoshopped so I don't identify the seller. This is a random and not unusual sample
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I'm with you a 100%! I'm always looking for varieties in various venues and need to have decent resolution or I'll simply pass on the item. I've see the same sludge listed on e*** for years and the sellers probably wonder why it doesn't sell...make an effort, folks!
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I also agree 100%.
I see cheap stamps from the old German states, which are missing from my collection, but I have no possibility to identify them if they are original (I bought a stamp at risk that turned out to be fake)
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re: A Gripe About Approval Images
Please kindly remember that the size of the pics for approvals is limited by the Stamporama system and approvals are photographing an entire page of stamps. A single stamp is fine and gives you great detail, but a page of 20 plus stamps - not so much. My pics using my iPad Pro are normally about 5 meg + or so which I need to compress down to about 880 k to be able to upload it. So that's not much per stamp on a page. That said, you're right - there is no excuse for not cropping.
Perhaps others have figured out a way to get a crisper pic within the limits. Could you perhaps give an example of a pic of a full page of approvals - 20 stamps or more - that you find acceptable and we can ask how they did it? I'd be delighted to learn how to do this.
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"the size of the pics for approvals is limited by the Stamporama system "
My images are done using 600dpi and if a set or single stamp the images on stamporama are cropped and come up reasonably well. A full image of an Approval page not so.
Here are the differences:-
The image for an Approval Page is too large to be shown on the Discussion Board but will fit in the Approval System. (A classic example of the Systems limitations)
If someone is putting a page of 12 to 35 stamps on an Approval Page the image of a particular stamp is going to be a lot less clear. Increasing the dpi takes the scanner longer to scan and that scan may not be accepted by the Stamporama System!
Please remember the work involved by the seller to produce an Approval Book and the limitation of 24 pages for sets and sheets and 100 minimum stamps for a normal book.
This in itself limits how and what can be produced image wise!!
I do not believe that the System has to be changed as it is workable and:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxU5Y9l ...
EDIT
If images are not up to scratch then it is up to the Management Team to sort it out.
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If there was a way to put all minimum 100 stamps on a page, some will do it!
But again, trying to correct the approval pages it's like beating on a dead horse.
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"But again, trying to correct the approval pages it's like beating on a dead horse.
"
We have a saying in Old Caledonia "Where there is a will there is a way."
We also have another saying in Old Caledonia " Is it worth the time energy or money?"
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"Where there is a will there is a relative."
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