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Old 08-22-2003, 10:59 PM   #14
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Harley Brown says he shoots slides of his paintings in full sun. (Very different here in Arizona, where he lives) Regardless, you still have to match your Kelvin temperatures.

I used to shoot my slides this way until North Light Books sent me the "highly recommended booklet" on Tungsten lights and film. The results are uniformly excellent. I would never go back to the "guess at Kelvin" exercise with daylight slide film. Slide film is expensive to buy and to process.

Last year I spent over $6K on film/processing. I have already saved half of that with my digital camera, purchased in March. However, all digital cameras are not equal. There is, I am sure a crossover point where slide film becomes obsolescent, but I am sure it depends on the megapixel capacity of your digital camera, as well as the focal end of your shot ( e.g. web page or 8X10 ad)

I will absolutely try Linda's approach with the painting now on my easel.
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