John Celio wrote: > I'm working on photographing some artwork for my boss, and could use a > little advice. What's the best lens (or focal length) for shooting flat > art? > > The pieces are framed collages, similar in depth and texture to a very > thick oil painting. There is glass over each one, and they range from > 8x10 to (best guess) 20x30, with some very odd sizes in there too. > > So far I've tried my FA50 1.4 and A50 1.2 with my K10D. I seem to get > better results with the A50 (slightly sharper than the FA, and a little > less barrel distortion). I thought about using a DFA100 macro, but I'd > have to stand half a mile away to get everything in frame for some of > the larger pieces.
Get it out from under the glass if you can. Use a polarizer, especially if you can't get it out from behind the glass. Even, angled lighting from around the periphery. Macro lens. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
