TrueView vs GreatPhoto

Samets

Just for fun I love admiring and comparing the art form that is coin photography!

Here's my latest purchase that happens to have both!

Enjoy!

TwoKopeiki

The ultimate photo battle of Phil vs Phil

1960NYGiants

@Samets - which photo best represents the coin in hand?

The Tru-View may not be a Phil image.

Abuelo

For this one, like the GreatPhoto better.

PhilArnold

@1960NYGiants said:
@Samets - which photo best represents the coin in hand?

The Tru-View may not be a Phil image.

It’s not. The last coins I shot at PCGS had 47XXXXXX cert numbers. Maybe a few 48XXXXXX certs, but not many.

PhilArnold

Here’s a likely me vs. me TrueView and GreatPhoto.

Personally I like the GreatPhoto better.

Samets

@PhilArnold said:
Here’s a likely me vs. me TrueView and GreatPhoto.

Personally I like the GreatPhoto better.

Out of curiosity, is the equipment at GC same as PCGS? I guess I'm just wondering if the post photo editing is at play vs pure equipment difference.

pruebas

@PhilArnold said:

@1960NYGiants said:
@Samets - which photo best represents the coin in hand?

The Tru-View may not be a Phil image.

It’s not. The last coins I shot at PCGS had 47XXXXXX cert numbers. Maybe a few 48XXXXXX certs, but not many.

@PhilArnold I always heard the PCGS serial numbers were purposely not consecutive. In other words, they occasionally jump around. Is this true?

Maybe this was a NGC thing, not PCGS.

Abuelo

@PhilArnold I have to say that in the example you show, they look quite similar.

1960NYGiants

Gorgeous 1859 cent. To my eye the Great Photo shows more depth and is slightly brighter. Maybe from shooting thru the slab?

PhilArnold

@Samets said:

@PhilArnold said:
Here’s a likely me vs. me TrueView and GreatPhoto.

Personally I like the GreatPhoto better.

Out of curiosity, is the equipment at GC same as PCGS? I guess I'm just wondering if the post photo editing is at play vs pure equipment difference.

There are some similarities, but key hardware and software differences.

ajaan

Without seeing the 1859 coin in hand, I like the Trueview image.

syl

Judging from the almost closed gap at leaf 7, this was a VERY early '59 strike from the master to the die. It may not have taken many more to open it up some, and then open up more toward the end. The gap at 13 was always there, after the first 2-3 dies struck for 1858.

PhilArnold

Here’s a comparison to a more recent TV.

The coin has fantastic blue toning in hand.

MEJ7070

@PhilArnold said:
Here’s a comparison to a more recent TV.

The coin has fantastic blue toning in hand.

Well I know which one I like better…..Phil, I assume there’s a method to the madness in terms of background color. Or not?

Did you select the blue background for your work at GC? Interested in your thoughts on the impact of the blue GreatPhoto background, which I usually find superior to present day TVs with the white background (also used when you were there), and certainly do in this case as well.

Hopefully I’m not asking for any trade secrets here, and if I am please ignore!

PhilArnold

@MEJ7070 The blue background color is pretty much a result of GC’s blue branding. Thankfully the color worked well as a background color.

Abuelo

The 50 centavos example is very difficult to judge to me without seeing the original coin as those tone very differently. But nice pictures nonetheless.

wybrit

Phil. your pictures continue to be amazing and without peer.