From: "John Robison"
> Why are you copying onto a B&W slide material? Are the
> originals B&W? If so, as long as you use daylight as
> an illumination source a daylight balanced color slide
> film should produce reasonably accurate copies of the
> originals if the exposure is accurate. I would suggest
> you bracket. A standard 50mm 1.8 can focus to about
> 1:7, with a +2 close up lens you can reach 1:4, close
> enough to copy a 4X6 in. print. The downside of this
> inexpensive approach is marginal edge and corner
> sharpness and excessive pincusion distortion, but if
> you stop down to f11 or f16 you might get away with
> it. John Robison
John, the originals are all B&W, hence the T-Max/Scala preference. Not
knowing what I'd use for lighting made me want to "punt" on the color
balance question. I'll think I'll try a couple your way and see if it
works. Thanks.
Jamie
Fort Myers, FL
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