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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1472251, member: 29751"]Don't use auto white balance. Use the custom white balance, and calibrate it to either an 18% graycard or to a completely white sheet of paper. When you do this calibration you want to do it with exactly the same lights you will be using for your coin images.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding exposure, you should be using either center weighted or spot metering, so the darkness of the coin is what is correctly exposed, not the peripheral parts of the image (e.g., you don't care if your slab or table are exposed correctly).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1472251, member: 29751"]Don't use auto white balance. Use the custom white balance, and calibrate it to either an 18% graycard or to a completely white sheet of paper. When you do this calibration you want to do it with exactly the same lights you will be using for your coin images. Regarding exposure, you should be using either center weighted or spot metering, so the darkness of the coin is what is correctly exposed, not the peripheral parts of the image (e.g., you don't care if your slab or table are exposed correctly).[/QUOTE]
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