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<p>[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 2129158, member: 17469"]That works for me. I have found that playing with 1 light or two, positioned 90deg apart up to 180deg apart, positioning high pointing more directly downward, vs positioning low and pointing at closer to 45-deg to the coin, all will make quite a difference. Certain metals will look better in different lighting. So after a bunch of experimentation I've ended up with different setups for silver and bronze, for example. But of course the bottom line is that you'd like to have your lighting set for the best looking image for any particular coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After fiddling with these automatic settings, I found that a) getting lights that are as close to "daylight" helps a ton, and b) using a specific Kelvin setting for white balance to those lights is better than just setting the camera to "fluorescent" or whatever else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 2129158, member: 17469"]That works for me. I have found that playing with 1 light or two, positioned 90deg apart up to 180deg apart, positioning high pointing more directly downward, vs positioning low and pointing at closer to 45-deg to the coin, all will make quite a difference. Certain metals will look better in different lighting. So after a bunch of experimentation I've ended up with different setups for silver and bronze, for example. But of course the bottom line is that you'd like to have your lighting set for the best looking image for any particular coin. After fiddling with these automatic settings, I found that a) getting lights that are as close to "daylight" helps a ton, and b) using a specific Kelvin setting for white balance to those lights is better than just setting the camera to "fluorescent" or whatever else.[/QUOTE]
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