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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EyeEatWheaties, post: 1104205, member: 26972&quot;]I most certainly know all too well exactly what you are talking about - and if any of the naysayers were in my office to see what I see, they might just start being a little more open minded.&nbsp; Read on</p><p><br /></p><p>I think....&nbsp; No!&nbsp;&nbsp; I am certain that your/our 2 coins that appear to have similar/same luster in hand, doesn&#039;t reflect light past your Iris to the optical disc and nerve, then get interpreted by your brain, with the same resolution - as the light reflecting off a coin, thru a camera lens focused on a sensor and then viewed on a monitor. </p><p><br /></p><p>The sensors in todays DSLR cameras are 14mm tall&nbsp; - your optical disc is only a couple millimeters, if that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The camera sees much more at 1:1 than we can comprehend until it is viewed on a monitor in larger than life.. think of it this way,&nbsp; a digital image might contain 10 million pixels, - you know those little squares you see when you enlarge an image? </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;It doesnt&#039; stop there.&nbsp; 8, 16, 24 and I hear now 30 bits of color (bit depth) are used to make that pixel.&nbsp; That amount of data/information is what is contained in a single digital image.&nbsp; Like the national debt - it s too big to understand!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I contend that what is happening is there is a small amount of microscopic film (oxidation) on that 67 that the camera can pick up on, but you can not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This why I chuckle frequently when I hear that a coin must be held in hand to accurately judge/grade. I always reply the camera can see far more than the eye can see.&nbsp; I can&#039;t prove any of the above yet.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the equipment.&nbsp;&nbsp; Soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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