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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2300328, member: 15929"]"Accuracy", IMO, has more to do with right or wrong than it does with "opinion" and grading is nothing more than an opinion which can change due to outside influence (hence we are not able to communicate with graders), environment, or even others opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Computers, on the other hand, are black and white. It either is or it isn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, I of the opinion that digital photography has NOT gotten better since the images are all subject to exposure, lighting, and presentation. What digital photography HAS become, is easier to use, easier to purchase, and easier to share.</p><p>It has really only become easier.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for computers comparing photographs? That would be an incredibly HUGE program since computers do not SEE photographs. All that they have access to are numbers for comparative purposes. Not only that but the photographs all have to be taken under the exact same circumstances so that the number might "possibly" line up for comparative purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that such an undertaking would be more expensive and time consuming than simply spending 6 seconds or so grading a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>But those are just my opinions based on the fact the "photograde" (which was supposed to be the answer to everything grading wise) fell flat on its face as a real grading tool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2300328, member: 15929"]"Accuracy", IMO, has more to do with right or wrong than it does with "opinion" and grading is nothing more than an opinion which can change due to outside influence (hence we are not able to communicate with graders), environment, or even others opinions. Computers, on the other hand, are black and white. It either is or it isn't. Additionally, I of the opinion that digital photography has NOT gotten better since the images are all subject to exposure, lighting, and presentation. What digital photography HAS become, is easier to use, easier to purchase, and easier to share. It has really only become easier. As for computers comparing photographs? That would be an incredibly HUGE program since computers do not SEE photographs. All that they have access to are numbers for comparative purposes. Not only that but the photographs all have to be taken under the exact same circumstances so that the number might "possibly" line up for comparative purposes. I believe that such an undertaking would be more expensive and time consuming than simply spending 6 seconds or so grading a coin. But those are just my opinions based on the fact the "photograde" (which was supposed to be the answer to everything grading wise) fell flat on its face as a real grading tool.[/QUOTE]
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