For what it's worth, I shot at the Newport Aquarium near Cincinnati
Ohio one day. The aisles were deliberately kept quite dark, no lighter
than the average movie theatre here in the USA. The tanks therefore
looked bright, but they weren't.
I had either 400 or 800 speed film, can't remember
which, but I _think_ it was 800. I took a few lenses with me, but
ended up using a 50mm f1.4 wide open, simply because it was the
fastest lens I had. Many shots were in the 15th/30th second range,
not too bad since I had a monopod with me. I didn't think the focal
length was too hampering; in fact a few times I wanted wider.
Definately take your fastest lens with you.
-Lon
Gautam Sarup wrote:
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.)
2. Has anyone tried Ektachrome 1600?
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
Tom C.
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.
