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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 25740992, member: 36248&quot;]Yeah, unfortunately that person is *me*.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m starting to think your are correct, for a few reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>(1)&nbsp; PCGS TrueViews are just not a good as they were when Phil Arnold was there.</p><p>(2)&nbsp; PCGS no longer will do &quot;in-slab&quot; TrueViews as of Phil Arnold.&nbsp; Leaving.&nbsp; I had this done 11 months ago for ~80 coins.&nbsp; Came out great.&nbsp; &nbsp; With him gone, PCGS said NO, I even pushed it slightly up the food chain and they still said NO.&nbsp; &nbsp; (I understand this but it still is disappointing to LOSE features)</p><p>(3) Even if I could do the above, they wont image my NGC coins.&nbsp; YES, I asked. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(4) Every new coin I buy from somewhere other than GreatCollections would have to be shipped off to PCGS for images.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I am now realizing I might need to invest in some new camera gear.&nbsp;&nbsp; My old setup from 10+ years ago just wont work any longer.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I need new macro lens, and the one I want means a new camera.&nbsp;&nbsp; Oh boy....&nbsp;&nbsp; thats alot of &quot;coin&quot; money going into non-coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to mull it over until Black Friday / Christmas electronics deals start showing up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this is one of the big downsides of doing it myself.&nbsp;&nbsp; But at least on the registry&#039;s I can upload them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other HUGE downside it the amount of time actually taking coin photos take.&nbsp;&nbsp; Its why I quit doing it 10 years ago.&nbsp; &nbsp; It is soooo worth the $5-$10 for PCGS to do it for the time savings alone...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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