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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 4609270, member: 31773"]I either shoot on black backgrounds (clean photographic velvet) or on True Grey. Mostly I do black, and meter on the coin, but the background still tends to be above black. A bit of adjustment in post pushes it into black, and this is preferable (for me) versus doing a circle crop or other technique to change the background, especially for coins with reeded or irregular edges, or that have been shot with some tilt. </p><p><br /></p><p>True Grey is great for maintaining white balance reference through processing and publishing. It's also great for maintaining a consistent level of exposure, though this requires a uniform lighting on both coin and background. Not difficult to achieve, but need to remember to adjust lights to ensure uniformity. From this perspective, I like the True Grey background for any archival or critical work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 4609270, member: 31773"]I either shoot on black backgrounds (clean photographic velvet) or on True Grey. Mostly I do black, and meter on the coin, but the background still tends to be above black. A bit of adjustment in post pushes it into black, and this is preferable (for me) versus doing a circle crop or other technique to change the background, especially for coins with reeded or irregular edges, or that have been shot with some tilt. True Grey is great for maintaining white balance reference through processing and publishing. It's also great for maintaining a consistent level of exposure, though this requires a uniform lighting on both coin and background. Not difficult to achieve, but need to remember to adjust lights to ensure uniformity. From this perspective, I like the True Grey background for any archival or critical work.[/QUOTE]
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