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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 5305174, member: 73165"]There's a real skill to interpreting TrueViews, I've found. While there's a certain sense in which any photograph of a coin is a true representation of it, as seen by the unbiased eye of the camera sensor, given ambient conditions such as lighting, I think we all know what we mean when we talk about the "in hand" look. For me, that's always either under strong light, direct sunlight, or, even room light if the colors are vibrant enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you compare a number of TrueViews to your version of the in hand look, it's not that hard to calibrate your expectations. I'm betting that your success level <i>vis-à-vis</i> TrueViews vs in hand has improved quite a bit over time, no? I know mine has.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 5305174, member: 73165"]There's a real skill to interpreting TrueViews, I've found. While there's a certain sense in which any photograph of a coin is a true representation of it, as seen by the unbiased eye of the camera sensor, given ambient conditions such as lighting, I think we all know what we mean when we talk about the "in hand" look. For me, that's always either under strong light, direct sunlight, or, even room light if the colors are vibrant enough. Once you compare a number of TrueViews to your version of the in hand look, it's not that hard to calibrate your expectations. I'm betting that your success level [I]vis-à-vis[/I] TrueViews vs in hand has improved quite a bit over time, no? I know mine has.[/QUOTE]
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