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Rough_Rock
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Greetings PSers,
I received my ASET/IS order today in anticipation of wanting to validate cut and light performance of the main stone in a ring upgrade I have purchased and is being made. The hearts image was fine, but the arrows IS image provided by the vendor wasn't the best (strong backlighting), and they would not take new ones, nor provide an ASET image. However, the new stone is a 35/40.8 so I want to validate cut and light performance with my own eyes when the ring arrives and especially look for any leakage under the table. I practiced some photos using the new scopes with one of the ACA studs I recently purchased for my better half. Thought I would post them here, then maybe come back and post some pics of the new stone to get some thoughts. I will scour the forums for picture taking tips/techniques.
Kudos to those out there that can take good pictures, as I still have some work to do. But I think I am able to assess the cut via IS and light performance via ASET now that I have had some time to observe a well-cut stone in various lighting and angles with both scopes. I've read the arguments for and against ASET for RBs, but wanted both scopes. When the ring arrives, I hope to have come up with a better setup. Gives me about 2 weeks or so. This is a WF 1.5ct ACA I color. Kudos to @Garry H (Cut Nut) for bringing these to market.
I received my ASET/IS order today in anticipation of wanting to validate cut and light performance of the main stone in a ring upgrade I have purchased and is being made. The hearts image was fine, but the arrows IS image provided by the vendor wasn't the best (strong backlighting), and they would not take new ones, nor provide an ASET image. However, the new stone is a 35/40.8 so I want to validate cut and light performance with my own eyes when the ring arrives and especially look for any leakage under the table. I practiced some photos using the new scopes with one of the ACA studs I recently purchased for my better half. Thought I would post them here, then maybe come back and post some pics of the new stone to get some thoughts. I will scour the forums for picture taking tips/techniques.
Kudos to those out there that can take good pictures, as I still have some work to do. But I think I am able to assess the cut via IS and light performance via ASET now that I have had some time to observe a well-cut stone in various lighting and angles with both scopes. I've read the arguments for and against ASET for RBs, but wanted both scopes. When the ring arrives, I hope to have come up with a better setup. Gives me about 2 weeks or so. This is a WF 1.5ct ACA I color. Kudos to @Garry H (Cut Nut) for bringing these to market.
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