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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2920664, member: 1892&quot;]Ring lights have their niche, but keep in mind the eternal struggle of coin photography is managing to correctly depict luster while also showing the whole surface of the coin in sufficient light to sharply reveal the details. The two goals are essentially incompatible, and the reason that diffusion has been explored in such depth. You need the individual direct light for luster, but you need the diffusion to avoid hotspots (and, more importantly, <b>dark</b> spots). </p><p><br /></p><p>Ring lights essentially <i>prevent</i> the depiction of luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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