...I bought a copy stand.

Hi all,

On Monday, I bought a copy stand with light fixtures. I think I may have bought more than I need but it does make a difference. One big difference I noticed is the camera is steady as a rock. The big downside is I have to figure out what lights to use. I had been using a small flourescent tube fixture with my point & shoot camera, and had the white balance pretty well figured out.

This stand has normal bulb fixtures, I bought some Reveal bulbs for it, and I'm not satisfied at all with the tint. It could be I'm not setting the manual white balance correctly, as the pictures have an annoying reddish tint to them. I can color correct in my software, but all-in-all, I'm not happy. So that is one thing I have to figure out soon.

The lights also lead me to another adjustment; namely shutter speed and apeture setting. I've been using the AUTO setting and it's close, but still, I'm not satisfied. So there's going to be a learning curve to get all of this fine tuned.

Anyway, here is a pic of the obverse of my 1876 Trade Dollar. I think I'm on the right track.