Recs. for 35mm Color Print Film for use with Tungsten Lights.

[Neal Weiss]

Perhaps someone here can offer suggestions.
I want to photograph artwork (paintings) with the goal of getting very
good quality color prints to use in a portfolio. I own a Nikon FE2 and a
pair of Lowell Tota lamps (tungsten bulbs). I normally shoot the artwork
w/ Kodak T-64 color slide film.
What I am in need of is a recommended printfilm/filter combination that
will work in conjunction with the tungsten lamps, and yield a high
resolution negative. Of course, in this application, color reproduction is
very important.
However, because many of the paintings are large (7-8 feet) and have a
varied surface, w/glossy varnished areas and matt areas, and my studio is
small thus limiting my setup, I often find it necessary to shoot with a
polarizer filter (either on the lens [ Nikkor 50mm] or both on the lens &
polarizing gels over the lamps) to eliminate the glare.
I will have the film and subsequent prints developed at a commercial lab.

One final consideration: factoring in quality and cost, would either of
the following processes be a better route to get very good quality color
PRINTS:
1) prints generated directly from the my Kodak T-64 generated color slides, or,
2) by scanning the color slides and generating either conventional color
prints or digital color prints from the scans?

Thanks.
-N

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[Yon Han CHONG]

One possiblity you haven't exploited is using a daylight bulb. The are
reasonable priced and you can get it from most of the art shop. You will
save money by buying normal daylight balanced films against the tungsten
balanced films.

I never get happy result from print films shot under the tungsten bulbs
even after the colour balance.

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