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

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Scanning and copying old polaroid photos
From: "Michael D. Turner" <mike@lcl-imaging.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:46:44 -0800

At 07:30 AM 3/15/1999 -0600, Eric Welch wrote...
>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. :-)

Unless you use two light sources at 45 degrees, you will experience uneven
illumination, reflection, or both. Use two strobes, evenly matched, or two
tungsten lamps.

>
>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.
>
Amen to that. Do it indoors. If you use tungsten lamps, use tungsten film,
such as Kodak E64T, or a correction filter for daylight films (80A).
Mike

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