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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 1756894, member: 31773&quot;]I was planning to use Zerene, but I ended up building my stacking stand with a Trinamic stepper, and at the time Zerene didn&#039;t support Trinamic for some reason. They may now, but I already bought Helicon and I really like it. The 55-S/S/S above was done with Helicon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You&#039;re right about the multiple exposure technique being a bit removed from the in-hand look, but in reality most of our photographs are pretty far removed anyway. I&#039;ve often challenged folks to hold a coin in-hand, using their normal techniques of magnification, lighting, etc, using only one eye, holding the coin still, and then imagine if what they are seeing was a photograph on a computer screen. It just doesn&#039;t look all that great! Contrast is usually very high and there are lots of bright highlights, some dark shadows, reflections off the slab surface, etc. No one who has seriously taken me up on the challenge has come back and told me they really liked the way their coins look in-hand within the constraints I&#039;ve made. They usually need to move the coin around to ensure they can view the luster properly, light the whole coin to evaluate contact marks, color, etc. The one thing that in-hand viewing results in is more accurate color presentation than can usually be done in photographs because folks usually hold toned coins so that light shines directly off them. The equivalent in the photo world is axial lighting, which comes with all sorts of tradeoffs, especially for slabs. When viewing in-hand, you can tolerate the direct reflections from the slab in order to get a good look at the toning, but that would be intolerable in a photo. Ultimately, we coin photographers aren&#039;t really presenting the in-hand look but instead a view of the coin that shows it in the most revealing, most glamorous, and most artistic light, though not always in that order or priority...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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