What do your prongs look like - up REAAAALLY close?!

[Lynn B]

Of course I am spending WAAAAY too much time looking at this ring...

but I can''t help myself!

One question, though... under a 10x loupe, my prong tips look pretty narfed up, actually even kinda "smashed" and a little bit "jagged" around the edges. (It''s a platinum split prong setting.) Is this normal?

To the naked eye, it looks fine. What do you think?

Thanks,
Lynn

 

[Magnum]

"Of course I am spending WAAAAY too much time looking at this ring... but I can't help myself!"

Maybe you should stop looking at it just long enough to take some pictures so we can look at it, too.

j/k In all seriousness, though, I've never looked at the tips of prongs under a loop, so I don't know the answer to that, but it always helps if you could take a picture of what you're looking at through the loop, so people can comment better on if it's normal or not.

 

[Lynn B]

LOL!

I PROMISE to take pictures, but I can't figure out the new digital camera! But as soon as I can pin down the hubby to help, we will do it! I pinky swear!

And remember, when you get a chance, check out your prongs, please!

Lynn

 

[icelady]

Dear Lynn,

I too am wondering where the pics are!!!! You know we love EYE CANDY here!!

I just looked at my prong tips with my 10X loop, and much to my surprise, they are smooth and well polished. I am surprised because I am always getting my hair or fuzz stuck under the prongs, so I thought they would be "narfed up" as you put it. Maybe someone can polish them a bit for you. On the other hand, if you cannot see it without the 10X loop, then maybe it is best to leave well enough alone!

 

[Magnum]

Unfortunately, I don't own a loop, but I'll try to check out the split prongs on my fiancee's ring, if I can.

As far as the pictures, I am definitely not an expert photographer, but I can tell you what worked for me. Some people talk about using a macro function, but I don't know how to use that, so I'll let someone else explain how to do that. You can also do a search and maybe find a thread that gives a good explanation on how to take good pictures. The way I was able to get pictures was to set the mode of the camera to whatever mode is for close-ups. On the one I used, it showed a little flower when you went to that mode. Basically the only way I could get a few good pictures was to take 20-30 or more pictures at a certain angle and lighting, and then check on the computer to see if i got one good shot out of all those, and usually there were one or two that were ok. I reccomend not using the flash, but you can try taking it with strong natural lighting and more diffuse lighting, and see which one works best. I tried taking the pictures from a 12 inches, +/- 3 inches, away. Also, i was just holding the camera with my hands, which probably resulted in a lot of the fuzziness in some of the pictures, so if you can rest the camera on something, or use a tripod if you have one, that might help. Also, you might be able to take a picture through the loop for a good close-up, but I've never tried that. The beauty of digital camers is that you can take a ton of pictures really quickly, and just keep the couple that come out really good.

Look forward to seeing the pics.

 

[Brian Knox]

Hi,

"To the naked eye, it looks fine. What do you think?"


Relax.

Nothing stands up to magnification.

An example, Look at your fingernails under 10 power, if our fingernails really looked that bad we would all wear gloves.

 

[tomatoe]

Magnum, the flower setting *is* the macro setting

Though I've never looked at them under a loupe, my Stuller prongs are the *best* of all my diamond settings. I can see the imperfections, uneveness, etc with my naked eye on all my other diamond settings.

 

[Magnum]

"Magnum, the flower setting *is* the macro setting "

Well, what do ya know. I was a professional photographer all this time, and i didn't even know it.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

 

[foundnemo]

Lynn, I understand completely about spending lots of time examining THE ring!

I did find one of my prongs smashed up with jagged edges, among other imperfections. I've sent the ring back to the store and they are *fixing* the problems right now. Won't see my ring for another few weeks...

It bugged me. If it bugs you, can you send it back to your vendor and have them fix it?

 

[Lynn B]

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On 6/2/2004 6:47:53 PM foundnemo wrote:

Lynn, I understand completely about spending lots of time examining THE ring!

... If it bugs you, can you send it back to your vendor and have them fix it?----------------

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it.

Here's the scoop... My local jeweler set the stone, and I honestly believe he did the best he could. I love him to pieces and he's a GREAT guy... but I am beginning to think he's just not the most skilled craftsman. I don't think asking him to re-do them would do any good (I am sure he did the best he could the first time!) and it might hurt his feelings, and I would never want to risk that.

So I guess I either live with it, or take it somewhere else... and since "somewhere else" would cost $$$ (which I have already spent plenty of!)... I guess (>>) I'll just live with it. For now anyway.

Lynn