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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3306503, member: 19463&quot;]When you take a picture with any system, the result is enhanced according to instructions given that system.&nbsp; The default settings are no more true than what you can input yourself starting with a raw image.&nbsp; You can look at coin and look at the photo and change it for better or for worse.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I cringe when people ask how the coin looks &#039;in hand&#039;.&nbsp; The hand and coin rely on the light they are in.&nbsp; If you think your coin is too dark to see where you are, move to someplace with better light.&nbsp; If your camera is making photos that are not correct, change them.&nbsp; I once worked for a man who said the photo he was examining was too red and he wanted it remade.&nbsp; He was wearing a red shirt and holding the photo against his belly.&nbsp; If he took that same photo outside and changed to a white shirt, he would have said it was too light.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with jamesicus that it is usually easier to reshoot than to make major changes.&nbsp; Postprocessing tools work best in small doses.&nbsp; This is especially true if your camera only records 8 bits per pixel (jpg) rather than starting with RAW.&nbsp; The problem with postprocessing is most beginners have not learned how and when the &#039;tricks&#039; will help as opposed to just change the result.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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