Re: fine art reproduction questions
Re: fine art reproduction questions
- Subject: Re: fine art reproduction questions
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 21:37:28 +0200
- Thread-topic: fine art reproduction questions
on 2/05/10 21:16, Ben Goren wrote :
> Unless I'm missing something, even theoretically, the only difference between
> medium format cameras and high-end DSLRs is the size of the sensor. The
> sensors themselves are made with the same processes by the same manufacturers.
> Indeed, it's often the second-tier manufacturers, such as Kodak, making the
> medium format sensors.
Stitching will have a slight bit of corner fall off, but that you can
correct for so yes stitching is a very good way to come up with a great
resolution for large prints.
There are some pretty major differences though with a MF. There is no anti
alias filter and often the photo-site sizes is bigger than the a DSLR
counterpart, and 16 bit capture makes for highly modifiable files.
I was interested in getting a MF but when testing the Canon 5DII against a
Hasselblad 39 MK II the difference was there but as you agree on print
quality not that noticeable. It's there for pixel peepers are those with
sharp eyes, when you want to look. Where the MF really shines is when you
push curves into the image it stays together far better. Many tests show the
Nikon D3 to be better than Canon from serious tests.
Glad you added what you're copying as water color is a forgiving relatively
flat art work to copy without reflections or need for showing texture. I
sincerely hope you never do have to learn cross polarised light with a
certain direction texture to be picked up. Watercolour is relatively easy to
copy, and correction as well within a normal* workflow.
Sounds to me like you're doing everything needed to produce excellent
results with what you have. The only thing that might be a bit better is use
a more oblique angle for the flash like 30ยบ, you might get a bit more
saturation depending on the type of paper of the painting.
Neil Snape
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