I had a couple prints that I sold customed framed with non glare glass. While they look very nice the non glare glass seemed to take away some clarity from the picture. What type of glass works best?
Feb 16, 2013 11:46 | #1 I had a couple prints that I sold customed framed with non glare glass. While they look very nice the non glare glass seemed to take away some clarity from the picture. What type of glass works best? Canon 5D3, 60D, 70-200 L f4 IS, 17-40L,16-35f4, 24-105L,100 f2.8, 85 f/1.8, 55-250 IS, 400 f/5.6, Ziess 21 2.8, canon 1.4, 430EX www.flickr.com/photos/maggiesguy
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doidinho Goldmember 3,352 posts Likes: 23 Joined Aug 2007 Location: Kenmore, Washington More info | Feb 16, 2013 11:58 | #2 |
Nightstalker Goldmember 1,666 posts Likes: 5 Joined Feb 2007 Location: North West UK More info | Feb 16, 2013 16:57 | #3 In my experience with a local framer, the anti-glare glass resulted in much better contrast with dark areas looking dark and not washed out due to reflected light.
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EL_PIC Goldmember 2,028 posts Likes: 1 Joined Dec 2009 Location: Austin Texas - Lucca Italy More info | Feb 16, 2013 17:19 | #4 Permanent banAnti glare is good if you are in a high glare area. EL_PIC - RIT BS Photo '78 - Photomask Engineering Mgr
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Kolor-Pikker Goldmember 2,790 posts Likes: 59 Joined Aug 2009 Location: Moscow More info | Feb 17, 2013 05:51 | #5 Non-glare glass tends to have a matte finish not unlike a ground glass focus screen, this isn't a problem if the glass is flush with the surface of the print, but if there is distance between the print and glass, the image will get soft due to diffusion. 5DmkII | 24-70 f/2.8L II | Pentax 645Z | 55/2.8 SDM | 120/4 Macro | 150/2.8 IF
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