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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 838938, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/91971253.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I found the ring good for high relief Greek coins but less pleasing for normal coins.&nbsp; The one I used was $25 at Staples Office supply and had a fluorescent tube with &#039;odd&#039; color balance so I had to shoot RAW files to get proper color corrections.&nbsp; I shoot everything RAW but these required considerable tweaking to get a good balance.&nbsp; My gallery <a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinlighting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinlighting" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coinlighting</a> </p><p>shows sets of three shots of the same coin with the top being the ring light.&nbsp; Middle is a compact fluorescent used directionally and the bottom is window light.&nbsp; At present, I only try the ring if I have failed with my standard set up because of the added difficulty in setting the accurate color balance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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