I used exactly that lens to shoot some of my wife's embroideries for a show catalogue. It gave perfectly acceptable results just putting them flat and using mostly natural light. But with a DSLR you do have to have a tall tripod or a very low floor :-)
On 20/08/2008, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > > > I notice others have suggested a 50 mm macro, but how about a plain > M/A/F/FA 50mm 1.7? This is supposed to have better flatness of field > than the 1.4 variant you mention (not sure about the 1.2.) > > But I've never actually tried this... > > > - T > > > > -- > 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. > -- Andrew Brown What I do: www.darwinwars.com What I'm up to: www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog/ mobile: +44-(0)7968-945618 -- 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.
