Ok, here is my question (it is a bit lengthy, sorry.)
I've been shooting straight down at the ground because I like the textures, but I've run into some problems.
1) I was using a 150mm Nikon and a 210mm Caltar, and the results are ok, but I would like to zoom in more and get more details. I know the closer I get to my subject and the longer the focal length, the more bellows I'll need, but I'm worried that if I buy a 310mm lens that the subject to film ratio will be outside of the lenses optimum range. It will basically be macro work, but I don't have the money to spend a 1,000 or more on a crazy macro lens. Any ideas?
2) With the 210, I'm getting pretty good details, but when I'm printing (at 24x30ish) the details are not as great as I expected. Am I losing details in the scanning process perhaps? I'm using a flextight X1, but for some reason the max dpi in the flexcolor program will only allow me to go up to 300 dpi, but on tutorial videos for flexcolor, I saw somebody go up to 8000?
3) I've been shooting at f16, but my depth of field is still pretty shallow. I've been using a bubble level to even the film plain to the ground, but I'm afraid to stop down to much in fear of resolution because the whole idea of the project is to make HUGE prints (like 40x50.) My question is, can I use a larger zoom like 310mm, which is not optimized for 2:1 or 1:1 and stop down, while still getting quality images?
Thanks for reading, I REALLLLLY appreciate any help, thanks!
Here is an example of what I'm doing.
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