That's interesting Ken. I've used the A100/2.8 macro to shoot artwork onto slides for projecting at focus groups. My methodology was similar, insure perpendicular and use available light (living room window). Results were very acceptable. >From what you say, I'll have some copy work to do for my sister the family's genealogist. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > I had the need for prints from some 50 year old B+W family pictures that I > didn't have the negs for. > I don't have a flat bed scanner & decided to shoot them with my K20D & my > 200mm f4.0 ED Macro. > > I shot them using a tripod, making sure I was perpendicular to the image > plane, using available light & being mindful to eliminate glare off the > originals. I shot raw, ran them thru CS2 (including applying a small amount > of unsharp mask) & printed them (slightly larger than the original image) on > my 12 year old Epson Stylus Photo printer. > > The results are simply astounding ! Its hard to believe the final results > came from the 50 year old original - much clearer and sharper. I seriously > doubt if wet prints off the original negs would even come close to the > digitally produced images. > > FYI > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > -- > 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.
