take quite a few shots, various aperatures take a flash, preferable one with tilt, and bounce light off the ceiling to help fill the area will there also be Window light coming in, hat may help balance light just a little! At 07:10 PM 2/22/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have been recruited to shoot a photograph inside our >office of a reception area that includes a sign with >our company name. The purpose is to make a large >(probably 20"x30" or something like 50cm X 80cm) print >for employees to sign their names on for a retiring >executive. The lighting is mostly quartz halogen with >some spillover florescent. > >Since I'm not really a "color" guy here's where I >could use some advice. Any suggestions on film? I >was thinking of using Kodak Portra NC 160 for the >somewhat reduced contrast since the lighting is >overhead and there are some hot spots. Is there a >better film for this kind of situation? How about >Reala? Or is that too contrasty? Do I need a filter >with Halogen lighting? Or when I have the enlargement >made, can the lab "dial in" the neccessarry >adjustments? I will be using a tripod and expect >shutter speeds to be in the 1/15 to 1 second range, so >that I can avoid reciprocity failure problems. > >If warranted, I have the opportunity to borrow a >Yashica D tlr medium format to take the picture (if >the fixed "normal" lens provides a usable fov). >Thoughts on this? I'm tempted to stay with my >Pentaxes if for no other reason than to see how well >color 35mm stands being enlarged this much without me >spending any money. :-) Anyway, it's not like my >career hangs on this, our center is being phased out >and I will be laid off work in the next 6 months-1 >year. :-( > >TIA for your help. > >William in Utah. > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > Tiger Moses - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

