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Subject: [Leica] Thoughts on photographing art
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 21:49:42 -0700
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clearly you can do it well with most anything, I do wonder if the leica R 
macro  60mm, f 2.8 might be especially handy, on a tripod of course.



camera of your choice likely digital.    Maybe on a Sony A7RMII with adapter.



steve






> On Jun 3, 2016, at 9:14 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I?ve been asked by a local artist to help her photograph and make prints 
> of her paintings.
> 
> I was wondering if any of you who might have done this before can give 
> some suggestions about best focal-length lens to use for this? I was 
> thinking that, longer is better? I?ll be shooting work that?s lit with 
> camera and art on tripod and easel, using remote shutter release etc.
> 
> Any thoughts on technique would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Adam Bridge
> 
> 
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