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Hi Margaret
I have tried some shots of my artwork. The pictures look great. I must say, though, the first ones I took were before I knew any of the advanced controls and I thought, "Oh, no, another expensive, useless toy." Then I learned about the white balance, exposure, etc. and I must say I'm very pleased. What is really great, and this is a digital thing, is that you can have a quick look on the computer with the artwork right there and see the effect. I took some progress shots of a little still life under various lighting and with various settings, just to see what was best (and to learn more about the controls). The ones that looke the best were the ones taken using the manual white balance (with the 18% reflected grey card) and the GE reveal lightbulbs in my studio. The camera is also fabulous for taking reference photos to check composition, light and whatnot. I even take a picture, print it out in greyscale and use that as reference for my underpainting. Then I paint [the still life] from life. Best of both worlds.
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