Hi Herb Welcome from my side first ;-) Could you post samples of unpushed ISO 3200 indoor shots with the Ilford 3200 film or other brands from ISO 800-3200 in available light? Unpushed, because I would have to send it to a "very standard" lab for developping. I plan a photo shooting on the 10 of april with celebrities indoor in a (gladly white) tent and would like not to use flash at all. It's the 75 anniversary of a Swiss artist and my photos will be the birthday present later. I'm not sure about the lightning in the tent yet, I fear some nasty (green)fluorescent light spots, so b/w would be good ;-) Should I use Fuju Superia 1600 film or Konica 800 or your Ilford 3200, the last time I took photographs inside I used Fuji 400 with the Spotmatic F and the SMC Takumar 85mm at F1.8 on the monopod to get a bare 1/60 to 1/15. I will use the same Spotmatic equipment and a 50mm 1.4 again, paired with the Olympus XA 2.8 35mm and a 17mm Tamron 3.5 for some overview shots.
Of course, I welcome samples or recommendations "from the list" for fast **film** as well ;-) greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: herb greenslade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:43 PM >>To: Pentax User's group >>Subject: Re: How do you select your camera for the day? was: OT: >>Non-PentaxeBay Auction Question >> >> >>Hi Tim >> >>I use the Leica for b&w using Ilford 3200 ISO film. I've used >>this film from 800 ISO to almost 12800 ISO depending on the lighting. >>If I take my LX, I use Fuji Press 800 ISO pushed one stop. I do >>this primarily to distinguish the artist from the background. >> >>I use film almost exclusively when I am seriously shooting these events. >> >>I have experimented with the *istDS, most recently I've shot at >>ISO 3200 with a 1 stop overexposure and this has given me a >>satisfactory result. Note that I prefer to convert all colour into b&w. >> >>My images sometimes tend to be soft because of artist movement, >>and difficulty in focusing in low light (the rangefinder of the Leica >>is a great help). Of course, the big grain also does its share in >>lessening image quality. I'm also foolish enough much of the time to use >>my older f4 Pentax lenses on the *istDS handheld. I have no idea >>whatsoever why the club(s) I inhabit have such poor lighting, and >>then when they do happen to improve on it, the lighting manager >>or artist lowers the intensity, or plays in the shadows :-) >> >>>but why do you change to the Leica when the lighting is >>extremely bad at concerts? >> >>I have much better latitude with film than with digital, also >>there is the "noise" issue when shooting at high ISO. Noise doesn't have >>the same quality as big clump grain which usually is tolerated in >>bad lighting conditions. >> >>I hope this somewhat answers youre question. >> >>herb >> >>Tim Øsleby wrote >>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:32:11 -0800 >> >>>This may be a naive question, but why do you change to the Leica when the >>lighting is extremely bad at concerts? >>What I have noticed is that my DS has problems when the light is very red. >>Is this what you refer to when saying this, and does the Leica Fuji press >>handle this differently? >> >> >> >>
