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<p>[QUOTE="semibovinian, post: 2922715, member: 76467"]If your camera has automatic white balance, just put a gray card in front of the lens and use the white balance function. This should mostly eliminate yellowish (or blueish) cast.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long ago, I used to shoot coin photos with film. Then, I got a computer and scanner. The scanner could produce more consistent coin pics that were better than all but the best film ones. For some years afterward, I routinely used the scanner instead of film. </p><p><br /></p><p>When digital cameras came along, they produced better results than the scanner, but focusing was unpleasant with a DSLR, so I continued to do scans. More recently, DSLRs started supporting focusing via magnified live view on the computer screen. This removed the last problem with using a DSLR, so I stopped scanning coins. Coin photos can be much better than scans, since you can adjust the lighting to best suit the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>More recently, I noticed that my modern scanner produces images a whole lot worse than my old scanner, so scanning coins is now out of the question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="semibovinian, post: 2922715, member: 76467"]If your camera has automatic white balance, just put a gray card in front of the lens and use the white balance function. This should mostly eliminate yellowish (or blueish) cast. Long ago, I used to shoot coin photos with film. Then, I got a computer and scanner. The scanner could produce more consistent coin pics that were better than all but the best film ones. For some years afterward, I routinely used the scanner instead of film. When digital cameras came along, they produced better results than the scanner, but focusing was unpleasant with a DSLR, so I continued to do scans. More recently, DSLRs started supporting focusing via magnified live view on the computer screen. This removed the last problem with using a DSLR, so I stopped scanning coins. Coin photos can be much better than scans, since you can adjust the lighting to best suit the coin. More recently, I noticed that my modern scanner produces images a whole lot worse than my old scanner, so scanning coins is now out of the question.[/QUOTE]
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