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Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 07/16/2007 9:12 pm Quick question. Would the manual white balance feature on my camera help show the coin's actual color, or do I have to use another light source? Report this Post to the Staff

Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 07/16/2007 10:02 pm It may help, but I think your real problem is that you're picking up the color of the wood that you have the coin on. You may want to try white or black as a background and see what that does. Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 07/16/2007 10:36 pm There's no wood in the area. It's actually on a white cloth. I'm using an halogen bulb. Edited by Amazon99 07/16/2007 10:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 07/17/2007 09:09 am White balance should help; you may also have to use your image software to bring the color back to true. Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 07/17/2007 12:15 pm Sorry, it looked like wood behind the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 07/17/2007 4:10 pm quote: Would the manual white balance feature on my camera help show the coin's actual color, or do I have to use another light source? Manual white balance settings are specifically for handling the problem in the pic you posted. So, yes, it'll help. Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 07/17/2007 7:40 pm Ok, I'll play around with the white balance and post some results here. Report this Post to the Staff
Stone New Member United States 16 Posts	Posted 07/22/2007 10:35 am Yeh, just change the background color. Camera's are too smart these days. Report this Post to the Staff
stratocaster Valued Member United Kingdom 240 Posts	Posted 07/27/2007 03:31 am The "background problem" is actuelly no problem at all if you use a spot metering mode and shoot the coin.Background is taken into account by the camera processor only when shooting in matrix or equivalent modes. The camera can use various areas of the picture to make auto settings.Just try to reduce this area enough to exclude the area which is occupied by the background.Spot metering should do. I don't think I made myself clear, so here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metering_mode Report this Post to the Staff
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