Person claims he wants pictures of my Amiga 1000 to use in a book

[guru-666]

I agree, what kind of scam would require a 300 dpi picture? Just say , yes or no and save the drama!

[BinoX]

McVenco wrote:
I too received a message from this guy Michael, asking if he could use the image of my (now BinoX's) A2000 from this site.

Woo! (It's now got an A2630 and an A2088XT in it too)


Anyway.. back on topic...

Well, in the end there's probably no harm in it.. but tell them you want credit for the picture in the book and you want a free copy

[Angus]

spirantho wrote:
 I severely doubt he's anything other than a kosher bloke trying to get the best quality pics for his book.

I agree. I think he's probably one of us and worth supporting.

[quenthal]

Have to agree - just ask for credits and/or free book for your trouble... and if he is a scammer, ask for a decent share.. :-P

[techie]

guru-666 wrote:
I agree, what kind of scam would require a 300 dpi picture? Just say , yes or no and save the drama!

This wasn't meant to be drama :huh:
I really just wanted to see if the guy was on the level or not and I figured this would be the place to ask.

In any case I've decided to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and send the pictures. Thanks to everyone for the help :-)

[techie]

Well, I'm certainly no photographer but I think these photo's  turned out okay :-)

A1000 Pic 1

A1000 Pic 2

A1000 Pic 3

A1000 Pic 4

(Note: These are 800x600 PNG's but the finale pic's were 1024x768 300dpi TIF's)

[Merc]

@techie

That's one pristine looking A1000!

[techie]

Thanks  :-)
I just wish I had a monitor that matched it. Mine is pretty yellow  :-(

[adz]

techie wrote:

(Note: These are 800x600 PNG's but the finale pic's were 1024x768 300dpi TIF's)

1024x768 is nowhere near enough res for publication.

[coldfish]

The photographer can choose to retain ownership of the photography.  Then if you see your pics used in an unlawful way you can request the user remove them, and they have to by law.

Also, you might want to try and get shots where no part of the machine is cropped (cut off in shot), in case the guy is legit and he wants to lift your images onto a stock background.

Nice machine, btw.

[techie]

adz wrote:

1024x768 is nowhere near enough res for publication.

That's Strange, because that's all he asked for  :-?

1024x768 300dpi TIF

[DonnyEMU]

it's possible to scale even a 72 or 96 dpi image to be used in publication and not look bad. I have done it before. It's not great but it's not bad either. Also you could take a publicity photo and scan at 300dpi