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

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Scanning and copying old polaroid photos
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:33:39 -0500 (EST)

Get some "dulling" spray from an art store and spray the originals.

Ken Wilcox

>Next I decided to use my Leicaflex to copy the images onto slide film.
>I set up a table outdoors, fitted an elpro to my 50mm Summicron-R, put
>the camera on a table tripod, and mounted the target photo vertically.
>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?
>
>Regards,
>
>Doug Richardson


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