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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 1806530, member: 4298&quot;]OK I&#039;ll add my 2 cents. After you&#039;ve been hearing so many different advices you&#039;ll be completely lost I guess...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I use a black background, and in order to have it out of focus put the coins on a little wooden piece. A plastic “cache” maintains the background dark.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/zjwjef.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve built an alternative to a tripod on which I just have to put the camera (it’s not the actual camera I use on the pic, of course, as I needed it to take one…)</p><p><br /></p><p>The light is either natural light or white (they have to be VERY white) low energy light bulbs. Depending on the natural daylight which is subject to quick variations, I make several attempts an choose the best result. The best I ever get is in daylight on a grey snowy day when the natural light is even</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0180-505.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>The settings on the digital camera are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>- Balance on EAB (in French, I don’t know the name in English, it should be something like “automatic white balance” or similar)</p><p><br /></p><p>- Manual settings as I want the light to be optimized on the coin rather than on the background. For that I underexpose a bit</p><p><br /></p><p>For the pictures themselves, I use Gimp2 as software, crop and rotate if necessary, put obverse and reverse together on the same image. Adjust contrast and luminosity. I slightly change color, coin in hand to stay the closest as possible to the actual color of the coin in natural light (don’t forget electric light changes colors appearance).</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, in theory, it’s very easy. In real life it needs a little practice to put everything in order</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a nice time</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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