I second that. Even with the glass removed, oil paintings produce nasty reflections without polarizers.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Best lens for shooting flat art > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 5:43 PM > 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. -- 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.
