Taking Pic of an Old, Old Photo
Jun 26, 2019 06:26:49 #
frjeff
Loc: Mid-Michigan
Want to get a digital of an old photo of my mother’s 5th grade class.
Shoot a Nikon D7200.
What lens would be best for this type of shot?
Own the kit 18-55, a 17-70, 70-300 and 35 prime.
Thanks
Shoot a Nikon D7200.
What lens would be best for this type of shot?
Own the kit 18-55, a 17-70, 70-300 and 35 prime.
Thanks
Jun 26, 2019 06:34:21 #
dhroberts
Loc: Boston, MA, USA
The choice of lens is relatively unimportant as long as you can fill the frame, with a slight preference for a short telephoto focal length such as 70mm to prevent the lens from casting shadows on the target. Much more critical is the lighting, which is best done with two lights, one on either side, at about 45 degree angles to the camera position. Placing a piece of glass over the object will help keep it all in focus; there will no reflections with the lights oriented as specified.
Jun 26, 2019 07:08:42 #
Jun 26, 2019 07:40:32 #
dhroberts wrote:
The choice of lens is relatively unimportant as long as you can fill the frame, with a slight preference for a short telephoto focal length such as 70mm to prevent the lens from casting shadows on the target. Much more critical is the lighting, which is best done with two lights, one on either side, at about 45 degree angles to the camera position. Placing a piece of glass over the object will help keep it all in focus; there will no reflections with the lights oriented as specified.
Jun 26, 2019 08:05:53 #
Jun 26, 2019 08:18:25 #
Jun 26, 2019 08:54:07 #
Delderby wrote:
Scan it.
If they fit on a scanner, I would.
(And enlarge it in the process.)
Jun 27, 2019 07:56:59 #
That 18-70 will work fine for that purpose. It focuses real close, and is very sharp. I have used it to copy many photos on my D5100.
Jun 27, 2019 08:21:46 #
Richard Becker wrote:
If size permits, try high resolution scanning instead
I agree with Richard Becker ... as long as you have a large enough scanner for the photo (or you can find a commercial establishment that does scanning), that would be the easiest & best solution to capture the image as close to the original.
Jun 27, 2019 08:37:30 #
frjeff wrote:
Want to get a digital of an old photo of my mother’s 5th grade class.
Shoot a Nikon D7200.
What lens would be best for this type of shot?
Own the kit 18-55, a 17-70, 70-300 and 35 prime.
Thanks
Shoot a Nikon D7200.
What lens would be best for this type of shot?
Own the kit 18-55, a 17-70, 70-300 and 35 prime.
Thanks
35mm prime.
Jun 27, 2019 08:39:05 #
Are you being limited to one shot? Film for your camera is fairly inexpensive so try more than one and select the best! Me, I would also use a scanner.
Jun 27, 2019 08:49:58 #
Delderby wrote:
Scan it.
I'm sure there are stores in the area that could do that.
Jun 27, 2019 11:45:41 #
frjeff wrote:
Want to get a digital of an old photo of my mother’s 5th grade class.
Shoot a Nikon D7200.
What lens would be best for this type of shot?
Own the kit 18-55, a 17-70, 70-300 and 35 prime.
Thanks
Shoot a Nikon D7200.
What lens would be best for this type of shot?
Own the kit 18-55, a 17-70, 70-300 and 35 prime.
Thanks
If you have an All-In-One Inkjet printer at home with a scanning feature try using that with your old photo. I do that all the time with excellent results.
I also have an Epson scanner that I used to use to scan old photos, which has ICE technology in it to get rid of scratches and dust marks, etc. as it’s scanning the photo, but now I don’t even bother with that. I just bring the new jpg image in from the printer scan into PP and begin working on it.
Just another alternative.
Jun 27, 2019 12:06:15 #
I have a photo of my kindergarten class taken in 1950. I wanted to convert it to digital so I scanned it with my HP 8725, saved it as a JPEG in the computer. I can now do any manipulation to it that you would or can do with any other JPEG photo. The scan is totally non-destructive and if you use a quality scanner, the results will be everything you hoped for.
Jun 27, 2019 12:51:43 #
High resolution scan at nearby Kinko's is best, then you can manipulate it as you want.
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