With the extension tubes, you can get "ok" results with the 50mm lens. A
macro lens would be much better. You will have to stop it all the way down,
and there will still probably be some center-to-edge focus problems. I
prefer to use tungsten lights for this kind of work because I can see any
odd reflections on the print surface. With flash, you can only see them
when you get them back :(.
If you have a local lab that can do black and white, then use Kodak Tech Pan
film, or Panatomic-X if you can find it. Both are very low speed (ISO 25)
and nearly grainless. Then the prints can be toned to match the originals
(assuming they are toned, of course).
Where I live there isn't a lab that does B&W. If that is the case for you
too, then you are forced to use color film. Get the lowest ISO speed you
can find - Ektar 25 was great stuff but I think its "discontinued".
According to Kodak's web page, the current low speed color film is Gold 100.
You'll also need an 80B filter (with 3400K photofloods) or 80A (with normal
tungsten bulbs) or you'll end up with an awful yellow cast to the print.
Given the dimension estimates provided, the image size is not going to
enlarge to 8x10 evenly. Tell the printer to make the enlargements
full-frame, then you can trim to a finished size yourself.
Good luck :)
John P
-----Original Message-----
From: Volkhart Baumgaertner <kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 6:28 PM
Subject: [OM] Repro question
>Yo y'all,
>
>I'd appreciate some advice on the following problem:
>
>My dad just dug out a couple of old b&w prints. One of them must be from
>around 1915, showing my great-granny (whom I never knew), and my grandma
(in
>her mid-teens then) with her brother and sister. This one is about
>5 3/4 x 4". The other one shows my dad himself with his swimming team and
>must be from around 1945. It is only about 4 x 2 7/8.
>Now he would like enlarged reproductions of thes two prints.
>
>What film would be best for that kind of work?
>Also, is there any hope at all of getting acceptable results with my
>equipment? With my OM-10 being away for repair, the available camera bodies
>are an OM-PC, an OM-F, an OM-2, and an OM-2n. As for lenses, I own a 28 f
>2.8, a 50 f1.4, an 85 f2, a 35-70 f3.5-4.5 (all Zuikos), a Vivitar 24 f2.8,
>Vivitar 19 f3.8, and a Tamron 28-200 f3.8-5.6. I think we can rule out the
>last three right away for the job at hand, as well as the 28 which is just
>too wide. I also have a 12 mm and a 20 mm auto extension ring of unknown
>brand (pretty decent, all-metal quality, though), a T-20 and a real good
>SCA-dedicated Cullman flash (gn 32, metric).
>Any chance to do the trick with any combination of the above?
>
>
>MtFbwy,
>Volkhart
>
>--
>Volkhart Baumgaertner email: kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> MausNet: @BA
>
>http://www.intcom.de/homepages/kyu/home.htm
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