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Re: [OM] Temporary copy stand work?

Subject: Re: [OM] Temporary copy stand work?
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 06:57:24 -0500
I think the 45 degree lighting makes sense, but I would use a pair of T20s
instead. The T32 output would just blow it away.  Of course, that means TTL
Autoconnectors too.

Tom

> Tom throws open the question... flat subject copy work cries out for a
macro
> lens... I don't have it but I'd use the 90/2.0 on a *good* solid tripod.
> Fine grain B&W film I don't know anything about, when I was taking photo
> classes in 1976 I used TriX a lot (but I wanted to be a photojournalist,
> which I am not.) For the film I can't help. How about lighting... seems
like
> at the distance you would be to frame a 16 x 20 you could use a ring flash
> and get reflection-less lighting with the tricky double-polarizer setup.
> Maybe that's overkill for non-living subjects, but how about a couple of
> T32's TTL at 45 degrees left and right of the camera/subject axis? I think
> that is the classic 'copy-stand' setup. Speaking of which, you might find
it
> easier to process hundreds of prints if you rig such a setup, then the
> prints can be laid flat. Oh - a Varimag finder for the critical focus and
> easier to keep kinks out of your neck. Maybe a grid screen to keep the
> subject print in the same location in each negative?
>
> This is an interesting project, but will you ultimately want those images
> digital anyway (for restoration and preservation)? I have a family
scrapbook
> (old photos, newspaper articles, invitations, diplomas, etc.) that I want
to
> scan and print to CD's which can be shared more widely and viewed without
> damaging the fragile originals.



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