From: "Gautam Sarup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tom,
I'm leaning more and more towards taking the Provia and pushing it
as you suggest.
I have a few more questions by now:
1. What lenses? I don't have too many choices. The fastest Pentax
lens I have is a 50/1.4. Is that likely to be too short? On the tele.
side
I have an 80-320 but that's not a fast lens (f4.5-5.6.)
There's really no good answer to these questions. As you anticipated, it
all depends on the subject you are attempting to capture at the moment and
you won't know the actual lighting conditons until you're there shooting. I
would certainly bring the 50/1.4 and determine what aperture allows it to be
hand-holdable. It's all very hit & miss really. The 50/1.4 should not be
too short, especially if you are isolating a subject(s) in the same plane
(distance from the camera). I'd bring both lenses and see what works for
you.
2. Has anyone tried Ektachrome 1600?
I haven't tried it. I have pushed Provia 100F two stops and have had very
good results. Provia 400F being in the same family should push well also.
If you find you can shoot with the camera set at 1600 I wouldn't push any
further than you find the need to.
Tom C.
Cheers,
Gautam
On 2/27/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just another suggestion... I've shot 800 speed film at aquariums and
even
> that was marginal because of the dim lighting. Even if you are able to
> handhold it, the subjects are moving as well. That's why I suggested
> something that can be pushed significantly
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> Tom C.
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> >From: "Gautam Sarup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: OT: aquariums
> >Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:51:39 -0800
> >
> >Thanks for the suggestions. Think I get a roll of Provia and K200
> >and shoot both at the aquarium in San Francisco.
> >
> >Another question, since K200 is a daylight film would be behave
> >OK in the (presumably) flourescent lighting in a fish tank? I made
> >the mistake of shooting K64 under artificial lighting once and
everything
> >came out green.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Gautam
> >
> >On 2/26/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Gautam Sarup wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm planning a trip to the Monterey aquarium and would like advice
on
> >what
> > > > slide film to use. The only colour film I use regularly is K64
and
> > > > that's likely to
> > > > be too slow.
> > > >
> > > > Suggestions will be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Gautam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > K200 - you can push it to 500, maybe more.
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