On 1/18/04 5:35 AM, "Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Paul D. DeRocco wrote: > >> >> >> Some slides would require some cleanup in Photoshop, but surprisingly, most >> look just fine except for the fuzziness caused by the inability to focus on >> all parts of the slide. They're curved or rippled, and the cardboard mounts >> are brown around the edges, but their color is unaffected. One of the ones I >> sent Art had gotten really cooked, but I wanted to give him a hard one. >> > > He certainly did, but I wasn't trying to make them look beautiful, just > checked for focus. On one the emulsion is burned. > > >> I'm actually thinking about trying to photograph the slides with my 10D, and >> am wondering what lens I'd need in order to match up the 24x36mm slide to >> the 15x22.5mm sensor. That would indeed solve the DOF problem. >> > > I'm guessing about a 30mm flat field macro lens should be roughly equal > to a 50-55mm macro. Don't know if such a beast exists, however. I > think it would have to be a specific lens designed for digital cameras. > > You may be able to get away with either an add on "front of lens" filter > type CU diopter or some type of bellows systems, if they work with > digitals, or even using a reversing ring on a wide angle lens. > > Art > HI, A short enlarging lens would be better - reversed wide angles are notoriously bad. Both Schneider and Nikor lines include a short lens that is well corrected. (and it isn't too hard to stick together a mount with old T-mount parts and current adapters. Brad > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or > body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
