--- Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had a Ricoh digital camera for some years and have had some > success in > photographing old photos and film reader screens and books in the > library. > It focuses well close up. However there is a problem with curvature. Zooming the camera to the longest focal length possible (camera farthest away from the subject) may help the curvature problem. Long focal length lenses "flatten" the subject. But then you'll need to use a tripod more than ever, because the long zoom exaggerates any movement. Unless you're going to use your tripod with a heavy camera and lens, most any reasonably solid tripod should work. If you can try out a tripod, extend the legs all the way (should be easy to set up, not lots of complicated latches), then see that the tripod doesn't shake excessively. The more expensive tripods will be steadier, and lighter weight. I use an old Vivitar tripod, which works pretty well and was not expensive. Kraig __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/