Print Reproduction for High Quality Viewing

[tgtaylor]

I'd get a real camera and not a juvenile's setup:

http://toyoview.com/Products/VX23D/23D.html

Thomas

Just out of curiosity I checked the used prices and B&H current has a "DEMO" for under $1,000: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ..._2x3_view.html

They close today for a few days at 2PM Eastern. So if you're going to move on a professional set-up at a good price, now is the time!

Thomas

[bob carnie]

One of the AIS Micro Nikkors will do the job nicely - far easier to use in a copying environment than any AF lens in my experience. The classic 55/2.8 is a pretty good bargain - & rather amazingly still available new for USD400-ish I recall. It'll work on the D8xx cameras without any problems - live view is your friend...

Another thought might be an older Phase One/ Leaf back & the relevant camera setup - I recall that the older 30-40mp backs are under USD5k used these days.

I have thought about the Phase One as a possibility, What I am trying to achieve is a digital file for Website and Proposal Purposes that the viewer can actually see the nuances of
the prints I am making... I need to do this as an ongoing matter as I am printing Alternative Prints more than ever. The original is too hard to Mimic in PS and for example if I make three
versions of a single image and put them up for sale, I want the viewer to distinctly see the differences (and there always is) between the three images and decide which one to pick.

I am not afraid of the image being stolen or used as a lot of my clients are good lawyers , and can be helpful.

When you go to a decent gallery website any where in the world and look at the images they are really good and this is what I am trying to achieve with this setup.

[interneg]

I have thought about the Phase One as a possibility, What I am trying to achieve is a digital file for Website and Proposal Purposes that the viewer can actually see the nuances of
the prints I am making... I need to do this as an ongoing matter as I am printing Alternative Prints more than ever. The original is too hard to Mimic in PS and for example if I make three
versions of a single image and put them up for sale, I want the viewer to distinctly see the differences (and there always is) between the three images and decide which one to pick.

I am not afraid of the image being stolen or used as a lot of my clients are good lawyers , and can be helpful.

When you go to a decent gallery website any where in the world and look at the images they are really good and this is what I am trying to achieve with this setup.

Or there's the Pentax 645D which might be worth considering - I recall seeing them in the USD4k range recently for the body - lots of lenses for them floating around.

The Phase iXG/ iXR repro system is something I've started to look at, but mostly because I've been getting more involved in repro & duo/ tritone separation work for books & have been running into the same sort of scanner issues. The price is likely to be astronomical however.

[Ted R]

bob wrote
"What I am really looking for is a used camera that has semi high resolution capablities and the right lens for that camera.. I am a big fan of mirror up and prime lenses. I have never owned a digital camera only analoque so I would like recomondations on camera and lens if possible."


I can speak from personal experience having used both the items I recommend below.

here it is:

Mirror-up
manual focus with magnified on-screen display (focus point zoom)
21MP
100mm f2.8 macro manual focus prime lens


Canon 5Dmk2 $750 with battery, charger and 14 day return on ebay.com 192201630728

Canon EF 100mm f2.8 $305 OBO on ebay.com 162426156231

enter the ebay number in the ebay search field

both ship to Canada

I am relatively new to digital cameras also, there is a lot to take in, allow time for the "learning curve", the nice thing is that exposures made for practice are free :-)

[bob carnie]

Thanks Ted this looks like a nice setup to consider , it hits all my points.

[peter schrager]

great thread; thanks to all of you from a digital novice!!
Peter

[faberryman]

What size images are you interested in posting on a website or using in the proposals? What is the setup you are using now that you are dissatisfied with?

[bob carnie]

What size images are you interested in posting on a website or using in the proposals? What is the setup you are using now that you are dissatisfied with?

my scanner is too small for the size of prints I am making. I do not own YET a digital camera so I can do copy work. I want the images to open clean and crisp for viewers to see.

[jp]

I'm familiar with the Nikon equipment.. A used d800e/d810/d610 with a 55 macro lens or 60mm macro lens would do very nicely with a copy stand.
Shoot raw. Shouldn't be much distortion with a Nikon macro lens, LR will have a distortion profile for it should any fine tuning of barrel distortion or fringing and can correct the white balance real easily; you can copy and paste a white balance correction you made from a target photo to other photos or make it part of an auto-import preset for photos being imported into the software.

[bob carnie]

I'm familiar with the Nikon equipment.. A used d800e/d810/d610 with a 55 macro lens or 60mm macro lens would do very nicely with a copy stand.
Shoot raw. Shouldn't be much distortion with a Nikon macro lens, LR will have a distortion profile for it should any fine tuning of barrel distortion or fringing and can correct the white balance real easily; you can copy and paste a white balance correction you made from a target photo to other photos or make it part of an auto-import preset for photos being imported into the software.

Thanks- lucky for me I have a lot of talented photographers around me that when I get the set up will fine tune the colour checker and white balance, I think I will have fun with this.