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- From: natola@coos.dartmouth.edu (Mark A. Natola)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: B+W photo copying
- Message-ID: <natola.58.722187401@coos.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:36:41 GMT
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- Organization: D.M.S. Section of Neurology
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- I am about to do a bunch of B+W photo copying. I have a copy stand and a
- macro lens. The photos are all 8x10" B+Ws. I have done a little of this
- before, under someone elses guidance. He checked light with a meter, then
- we did a series of test shots at different aperture settings. We recorded
- the different settings on each shot for comparison. Once I had the film
- developed, I didn't think one setting was much different than the next
- (obviously we only used the apertures that we thought were appropriate).
- Since I had about 20 exposures left on the roll, I shot them off using what
- we thought would be a good setting. The pictures varied from lots of dark
- areas, to lots of light areas. Upon inspection of the rest of the role, the
- lighter ones look overexposed, while the darker ones look pretty good.
- So.... my first question is, should the light have been checked on each
- photo, to get a correct aperture setting? I will be doing this at home soon
- and won't have the meter, therefore I will be relying on my camera (an
- Olympus OM-2N) to set aperture. Second, what is the best B+W film for this
- job? All input is appreciated. Thanks
-
- Mark
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