Agustin A. Barrutia
27-Sep-2001, 01:12
Well this is a double question. The first one is related to a lens that I bought. I got a scnheider xenar 210 4, 5 and I would like to know what do you know about it. Its an old lens with a com pound shutter (from 1 sec to 100). I read that its better for landscape photogra phy, but I was thinking of using it for porttrait or even a product photography . I dont have the money to but a new lens and that's why I have to stay with thi s old one. What are the cons of using such a lens in macrophotography (1:1 or ev en 2:1)?. The other question it's related to jewels photography. Someone proposed me to ma ke a catalog of her products and I don't know if shooting with my 4x5 (a calumet cc400) would be better (as I still don't control it that much, specially the mo vements) than using my 35mm camera(the "client" its the mother of a friend, so m istakes are permited). But the big problem its that I've never lighted jewels. A ny recomendations on this topic? I will be using tungsten lighting. THanks in advance. Agustin Barrutia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. abarrutia@velocom.com.ar