Re: copying very old black and white photographs
- From: "Kittochtinny" <kittochtinny@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:33:31 -0400
I have taken pictures of old pictures with pretty good success, as long as you're not looking for technical perfection, assuming you want them for something like a Family Tree Maker album or something similar.
If photography interests you at all, you'll never be sorry for buying a DSLR. I have Nikons and am totally satisfied, but I doubt that any of the popular brands would disappoint you. I just saw a D40 with a kit lens for under $500 and they all have entry level DSLR's in this price range now.
The Canon web site should provide you a lens compatibility chart, but you won't use them much if they're not autofocus once you try the kit lens.
"John" <jhy001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:480924E8.6000805@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I need to copy some very old black and white portrait
photographs. They can't be scanned because they are mounted
in glass frames and are very fragile. They are borrowed and
I cannot take them out of their enclosure. I must make do
with them under glass.
I have a Nikon Coolpix 950 that I don't think will help
me here. Please let me know if it can.
My other camera is a Canon AT-1 that I haven't used in
over 20 years. I have a set of macro lenses for it, and
remember copying photographs with it. I used some special
b&w slow speed film as I recall, and a tripod, lighting,
and aperture shutter speed guesses or tests.
Helpful suggestions on how to best copy these pictures
is welcome. e.g. what film, aperture, shutter speed
should I begin with?
Or, assuming I'm going to need to do this more in the
future (I have begun some serous genealogy), should I
bite the bullet and buy a digital SLR? If that route,
what is an economical digital SLR? I suppose that if
I bought a Canon digital SLR, I could use the handful
of AT-1 lenses I have?
Thanks in advance for advice!
John
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