Lighting for copy photography

David Seubert <seubert [at] library__ucsb__edu> writes

>We just inherited a "new" copy stand from another department.
>Patrons use the stand to photograph/videotape items from our
>collections: book covers, photographs, manuscripts etc. It currently
>has four 150 watt Sylvania floodlights in it. This seems excessive

Stefan Michalski has worked in the topic of the flashes and the
deterioration and the results of its work are very clear and
interesting. I recommend you that you consult their work in The
Effect of Light from Flashbulbs and Copiers, The Abbey Newsletter,
Volume 20, Number 6, Nov 1996, also available in

    <URL:http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/abbey/
    an/an20/an20-6/an20-607.html>

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Arsenio Sanchez
Laboratorio de Restauracion
Biblioteca Nacional
P. de Recoletos, 20
28071 Madrid
Spain

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