Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning and copying old polaroid photos
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 07:30:02 -0600

At 11:20 AM 3/15/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Alas, the glossy finish of the polaroid is a fine catcher of unwanted
>reflections! Can anyone will experience of copying work suggest what I
>can do to eliminate these reflections?

Do it in a dark room with flash. :-)

Unfortunately, that's the choice. You either have to do it in a dark room, 
or put something dark behind yourself, like a thick row of shurbbery or 
something else that won't refelct in the print. You can try laying the 
print flat on the floor/ground, and then putting the camera on a tripod. 
But a bright sky will reflect. Making copies outdoors is very difficult.

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Common sense is that layer of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the 
age of eighteen. - Albert Einstein