Goodday y'all, Currently I try to convert some of my girlfriend's paintings and drawings to useable 35mm negatives, and as a test I put about 10 different pictures of her (size A1) on the wall with gum, using the following setup:
A Mecablitz Z-2 on a tripod, linked to my camera through a cable, directed at about 45 degrees compared to the wall, on the left side of the picture, and at a distance of about 0.5m and I diffused the light with a simple, imo often effective, self-made diffusor (using carton and plastic bag). I used my MZ5 on a tripod with a 50/1.4K @ f8 @ 1/100s on a tripod, with a Superia 200 film. Now, the results were interesting, but as I suspected, there was some light falloff that was quite ugly in most pictures, so I figured I could better use the flash directly above the camera with a diffuser (I only have one flash, and I'm not sure what is the best way). Further on I figured Reala 100 would be able to deliver colors that are more correct and perhaps a higher contrast then the Superia 200? Further on any comments on my setup, any things that I should do different, any tips to reach a better outcome? Thank y'all and happy new year, Rodelion.
