Creating coin pictures can be very frustrating post-camera issues...

saintguru

I have found that the difference between viewing the same picture of a coin on two different computers can be DRAMATICALLY different.

I work from home on my pics with my UXGA Dell laptop and the pics look a little dark so I have to add a touch of brightness...then I come to work on my Dell desktop and the coins look light!! I have to imagine that this is typical? It sure makes it tough to find a happy medium when tweaking the appearance of coins strictly to adapt to the computer's quirks....

I always want the pictures to be as close to reality as possible.

jdcheers

Sounds like you need to calibrate your monitor. It's easy to do. Go to google and find a tutorial.

saintguru

No....they can vary a lot. I have two identical monitors on my desk and they are not the same...even at the factory presets.

AND...for some reason when you put coins on the Registry they get darker...sometimes I have to lighten them up a tad.

Longacre

Same thing happens to me. My home computer shows the coins darker than my work computer.

MORGANHUNTER2

Take off the sunglasses- and allow your eyes to adjust to natural light you dummies.

Conder101

<< <i>I have to imagine that this is typical? >>


Yes it is. We all have different equipment, different monitors, different video boards, different driver software etc. Naturally the images will look different on different machines. (One of the reasons I do not believe it is possible to grade coins better than XF from computer screen images. )

Barry

Sounds like you need to calibrate your monitor. It's easy to do. Go to google and find a tutorial.

No....they can vary a lot. I have two identical monitors on my desk and they are not the same...even at the factory presets.

That's exactly why you need to calbrate your monitor. Factory presets are not necessarily correct.

nwcs

>I have found that the difference between viewing the same picture of a coin on two different computers can be DRAMATICALLY different

Absolutely. This is one of the major sources of frustration for anyone dealing with graphics. And calibrating a monitor is not necessarily easy as everything is important from the white point of the monitor to ambient lighting conditions and the way your eyes perceive color.

saintguru

Thanks...

At least this is one thing that does not validate the fact that I am losing my mind.

For anyone interested, I put new pics on my Registry set. Three were VERY, VERY complex coins. All of these are extremely PQ+ MS64's in dates that come horrible. In hand these are beautiful, especially the 24-S, but photoing them was a challenge...even for the best. I'd welcome opinions...

1924-D
1924-S
1925-D

RedneckHB

I work with 2 monitors. An old CRT and an LCD. The CRT is much darker than the LCD. When I take pics I always use the LCD to view them.

19Lyds

An additional note would be the actual age of the CRT monitor. After a couple of years they do dim down quite a bit. The graphics card is yet still another variable but the reality is, a digital photo is only as good as the equipment used to view it!

I'd say as long as you give it your best shot then you've done all you can do.

Well.....I guess you could send me a new PC to view your registry set with! But that might be overkill!

BTW, your registry shots look great!

saintguru

Thanks...Mike Printz took them....I only wish that the 24-S could appear the way id is in hand. It's one of the most amazing Saints I've seen, and bought by the king of Modern gold, Dave Akers.

robertpr

At least this is one thing that does not validate the fact that I am losing my mind.

Yes, you are.

Nice coins! Very nice original surfaces, I love 'em!

saintguru

"Original surfaces" is the most important thing with my collection.

mgoodm3

the cheap LCD's at work don't have the contrast of my good LCd at home. They just can't be adjusted enough to look as good.

SDCollector

This is the unfortunate little secret of home digital photography...calibrating your monitor. And it's not easy. You have to have the correct lighting in your room, a good (and expensive) monitor, and excellent calibration hardware and software.

I don't even bother doing much post processing on my pics because I don't have the right hardware set-up.