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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3053211, member: 73983&quot;]Lots of good information being posted in here.&nbsp; It took me a little while to get caught up.</p><p><br /></p><p>White balance was brought up, which is a BIGGY...&nbsp; Also having a fairly accurate display helps as well.&nbsp; If your display is not accurate, then you cannot ensure that the image you captured is accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stability is another big factor.&nbsp; This can be accomplished in many ways, either a tripod or copy stand.&nbsp; I prefer the copy stand approach as you can ensure that the coin and imaging plain are parallel to each other, which in turn ensures that you have a nice sharp focus from rim to rim on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lighting has been addressed as well.&nbsp; Some of the most popular lights to use in numismatic photography are available from Ikea either online or if you have a local store.&nbsp; The Jansjo model is an LED based goose neck design with a fairly small head that is very easy to move into the exact position you need.&nbsp; However, these lights do NEED to be diffused as they use an RGB array to produce the white light.&nbsp; Without diffusion you will see specular highlights reflecting off of the surfaces of any coin with decent luster.&nbsp; The diffuser prevents this from happening.&nbsp; There are several different ways of diffusing the light from simple tissue paper, waxed paper taped to the head of the lamp, to using my favorite method, coin tubes.&nbsp; I use half dollar tubes made by Coinsafe. They are easy to identify as they are the square type with corners that protrude a bit.&nbsp; I remove the lids from the tubes and then place the actual tube over the head of the light.&nbsp; The diameter of the Jansjo head fits very snuggly into the coin tube.&nbsp; The translucent white plastic of the coin tube diffuses the light very well while not cutting down the amount of light still being transmitted.&nbsp; One drawback to this setup is that flare is easy to introduce, so you have to really pay attention to your setup.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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