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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1281462, member: 26030&quot;]<b>gbroke</b>, I have gotten about 35 TrueViews in the past few months ... all appeared accurate to me (though admittedly the overall quality has been a bit inconsistent).&nbsp; One thing about Phil at TrueView, he ALWAYS maxes out the color on toned coins -- so he uses an optimized lighting angle that pops the color.&nbsp; The coin might look quite different from many other viewing angles.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin imaged below is a good example.&nbsp;&nbsp; Top photo is by Todd at BluCCPhotos, bottom photo by is Phil at PCGS TrueView.&nbsp; Both photos are completely accurate, it&#039;s just that Todd captured the way the coin looks from most viewing angles (sort of an average view of the coin) ... while Phil captured the coin at one specific lighting angle that max&#039;d out the color.&nbsp; Some might look at Phil&#039;s TrueView photo and say &quot;that photo was juiced!&quot;.&nbsp; However, that&#039;s wrong, the coin really does look like that from one particular lighting and viewing angle.&nbsp; If you are going to sell a toned coin, you should always provide multiple photos at different lighting angles so the buyer gets a good gauge of the range of looks.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only complaints with PCGS TrueViews lately are: 1.) they have gotten a bit more inconsistent (some are fantastic and some not so great) and 2.) sometimes the photos are a bit washed out (too bright).&nbsp; In terms of the inconsistency, some of that might be that Phil is swamped and I think he only has about 5 to 10 seconds to photograph a coin -- another factor is Phil doesnt do ALL the TrueView photos anymore, a second photographer (not quite as talented) was added several months ago.&nbsp; I think with most TrueView photos, if you just back off the brightness a smidge, it improves the photos immensely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]142335.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]142336.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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