----- Original Message ----- From: "John Celio" Subject: Best lens for shooting flat art
> 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? I'm betting that the new 35/2.8 macro would be dandy, but really, any decent lens should be OK, with a macro being the best choice. If you can't get them out from under the glass, you are going to have to live with iffy results. Polarized light sources would be a good bet as well, if yu can get filters large enough to cover your lights, otherwise do the best you can, and use a polarizer if you absolutely have to. William Robb -- 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.
