Bill,
I'm certainly no expert, but I have done a little of this type of work,
strictly for my own use. I think any lens 50mm or longer will work.
But, more important than the lens is the alignment of the subject matter
and the plane of the sensor, or film, as the case may be. To minimize
distortion, the subject and the sensor must be perfectly parallel, and
the lens should be level with, and centered on, the center of the subject.
I find that small errors in alignment can be corrected in most photo
editing software, but at the expense of slightly distorting the
subject. It is better to get the alignment right when taking the
photograph.
Hope this helps to set you thinking.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 12/20/2015 11:13 AM, Bill Barber via olympus wrote:
I'm will be taking some photos of original art work and am interested in what
others experience has been using OM legacy or perhaps e-thingy lenses with the
least amount of distortion. What I'm trying avoid is having to crop the images
to get them to be straight. Bill Barber
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