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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2051300, member: 112"]Playing with the angles does that for you. There will be no reflection from the slab if you get the lights angled to the coin correctly. Goose necked lights are best, at least 2. Reflection after all is due to nothing more than a given angle. Change that angle - no reflection. I used to place mine about 10 and 2 and play from there. And do not use a flash.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I always recommended GE Reveal bulbs, 75 watts. But they do make other brands today that provide the correct light spectrum. One thing, you want no other light source but your 2 lights in the room where you are taking pics - none.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for diffusion, yeah it works, but with some coins better than others. And just a regular sheet of plain white paper scotch taped to the light shades always worked great for me. But your pics will be brighter, sharper and clearer without it in most cases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2051300, member: 112"]Playing with the angles does that for you. There will be no reflection from the slab if you get the lights angled to the coin correctly. Goose necked lights are best, at least 2. Reflection after all is due to nothing more than a given angle. Change that angle - no reflection. I used to place mine about 10 and 2 and play from there. And do not use a flash. And I always recommended GE Reveal bulbs, 75 watts. But they do make other brands today that provide the correct light spectrum. One thing, you want no other light source but your 2 lights in the room where you are taking pics - none. As for diffusion, yeah it works, but with some coins better than others. And just a regular sheet of plain white paper scotch taped to the light shades always worked great for me. But your pics will be brighter, sharper and clearer without it in most cases.[/QUOTE]
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