On Aug 20, 2008, at 5:29 AM, Toralf Lund 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...
I've used both the A50/1.7 and A50/2.8 Macro with the *ist DS and K10D. They both do a good job, but the Macro does a better job. It's better corrected, stops down further, and of course the longer focusing range provides more options for small objects. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
