I used this lens to photograph a painting for an artist friend: it worked well, but the problem I found was that shooting straight on gave unacceptable reflections off the texture of the paint itself. Flash was useless because of this, and straight on with natural light was also a problem. In the end I shot at an angle of about 20 degrees and straightened the image in Photoshop: the artist was very well pleased with the result!
HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 12:36 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Best lens for shooting flat art A 50mm f1.7 would work just fine. I think it is an ovedlooked lens in digital times. (effectively a 75mm f1.7) Regards, Bob S. -- 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.
