From: wagner@mala.bc.ca
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Copying Old Photographs
Date: 22 Jan 93 10:17:24 -0700
Distribution: usa
Organization: Malaspina College

In article <31769@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>, mtoms@ems.cdc.com (Mark Toms) writes:
> In article <1993Jan21.231616.39428@watson.ibm.com>, picheny@watson.ibm.com (MA.Picheny;340090) writes:
> |> I have some old photographs (b+w) of my family I would like to copy. Some 
> |> I only have access to for brief periods of time (like if I visit a relative).
> |> I have a Canon Elan and a 430 EZ flash. What is the proper procedure?
> |> 
> |> Michael Picheny
> 
> Mike,
> 
>   I have done this on several occasions.  I have a Nikon F3 and a set
> of Vivitar 52mm screw-on close-up lenses (+1,+2,+3), but a similar setup
> should be available for your Canon.  I have copied both b+w and color
> using color print film and daylight when available.  Otherwise, I use
> my flash and hold it several (like 3) feet away from the subject (usually
> positioned on the floor) at an angle of 45 degrees.  Mount the camera
> on a tripod (or copy stand, or headless enlarger stand) and stop
> down as much as you can.  Stopping down will help you avoid depth of
> field problems, which are a bigger problem close-up (under 12 inches).
> 
> 
>   Take care not to position the flash in such a way as to cast shadows
> on the subject.  I have had some shots ruined with the sync cord and/or
> camera strap dangling in the way.
> 
> Good Luck,
> Mark
> 
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We use a copy stand here at the college.  It consists of 2 fluoresent lights
mounted at a 45 deg. angle from the image to be copied.  The camera mounts on
a stand just like an enlarger mast.  The final touch is a suitable filter for
the type of lamp used (warm white or daylight)

The filter is only essential for color reproduction.

I have had very little success with flash, so ultimately I just took the picts.
outsided in subdued light.  To keep them flat I have used (and we do on the
copy stand) a good piece of glass.

If speed and steadyness are a problem and a mast is not available, rig up a
ball mount to the bottom of your tripod, extend the legs and hang the camera
from the bottom of the mast.

Watch for gravity if you are using zoom lenses.  I ruined a whole roll of film
because the weight of the lense when mounted straight down pull the whole 
shebang out of focus. (it's sometimes pretty hard to focus, which is why our
copy camera used to have a right angle viewer {until someone stole it}).> 
-- 
73, Tom
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