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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 75394, member: 878&quot;]I&#039;ll admit I will often not bid on an eBay item because I can&#039;t tell if it&#039;s chipped, crazed or cracked. AND have often been ignored or received a poor response by the seller. I&#039;ll also admit to a few other quirks. </p><p>My early photography class was junior year in high school where we learned to make our own cameras out of cardboard boxes. A bit more complicated to use, but cheaper than the Kodak Brownie. </p><p>I quit the last adult ed. class because I wanted to learn a bit more about my Pentax settings, which lens to put on when, etc. and the instructor preferred to show techniques of developing black and white photos.</p><p>AND yes, I will spend 2 hours preparing an eBay listing, half of which is getting the best pictures possible. 90% of my sales have been glass, thankfully mostly color or opaque. CRYSTAL GLASS ADDS ANOTHER HOUR. The only way I have found to get a decent clear glass pic is to place it <u><b>near</b></u> a window with ambient light hitting in from the side or preferably rear. Use a BLACK background and take LOTS of pics to be sure at least a few are usable without shadows or reflections. </p><p>All other glass is set in my homemade light box. Side light filtered through white tissue paper on two sides. 60 watt Sylvania daylight bulbs. Backgrounds differ using poster boards ranging from white, through blue, red, gray and black. And my camera (NO FLASH) always sits on the 4 inch high tripod with a ten second delay. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">I won&#039;t bore you with the after photo editing because I don&#039;t want to admit it&#039;s only done after loading the floppies into my second computer which runs on Vista. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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