Hearts and Arrows

[dendon]

How do they photograph the ''Hearts and Arrows'' of a diamond? Is there a special camera or something they use? I understand the Hearts and Arrows viewer, but am confused about how those photographs are created?

 

[belle]

it is not so much the camera as it is the lighting conditions. here is a thread about h&a at the bottom there is information about obscuration and it''s effect on producing arrows.

 

[WinkHPD]

Mostly we just use a good camera stand and take the picture through the H&A viewers. The H were way harder for me than the A.

Wink

 

[mkb]

Hi Denise,
I use both a microscope or a camera. You don''t need a H&A viewer, just get the colour of shiny paper you want and make make a cilinder. You will need to play with the hight of the cilinder a little, experiment untill you''re happy. It is good fun too. If you use a H&A viewer, remove the viewer''s lens, it affects the quality of your picture.
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luc