On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:30:25PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > 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.
There's a whole chapter on doing this sort of thing in Light, Science and Magic. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> 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 > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
