in 4x5 there are an abundant supply of copy camera lenses at dirt cheap prices that are made just for such work. I have a bunch of them. Repromasters and Konica GRII's mostly. No shutters, but that's hardly a problem. Use f22 and the light switch as a shutter. They're great landscape and archie lenses too. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck ." <speedgraphic@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:24 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: duplicate info > SNIP: > > Good point! > I forgot about that, a normal lens of a small tele would work > better to keep the picture straight. I don't use hasselblad but > I don;t think you can tilt/shift to correct for this. Thus the > film and picture must be parallel. > > As for exposure use whatever is needed... 1 second or 2 should > be fine with TMAX. > Bracket. bracket, bracket! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- > > I've been wrong before and will probably be wrong again in the next five > minutes... In med format I shoot a Kowa and my WA lens is a 55mm. I've > done a good bit of closeup work with this lens with no complaints. I > believe that if he shoots using the 55, has the lens dead level and > perpendicular to the print, and uses the center of the lens that he will get > the image he needs with little distortion. The WA has the advantage of > being a closer focusing lens than other lenses of longer focal length... > > I admit that I have not done this. If I were duplicating something that > needed a neg bigger than 35mm I usually just jump straight to a 4X5... > Maybe I should give it a try. I have a bunch of old family photos from my > grandmother that I am sure there are others who would like to have a copy... > > Speedy > > > ============================================================================ ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.