I used to use the Vivitar 90-180 flat field, but you'd have to stand way back with that one. (Hey, you asked for advice, not necessarly usefull advice.)
For useful advice, lose the glass. It's the bane of copy work. (But then again you've heard a lot of that already. So <Emily Latella>Never Mind</Emily Latella> 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. > > While I can work with the results I'm getting, I'm wondering if there > are better options out there. What lens would you use for shooting flat > art? > > Thanks, > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- 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.
