Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi Pentaxians
searching the internet for opinions on different brands of fast film for
indoor shots like the coming anniversary event
for me I found this site which could be useful to others too:
http://www.photo.net/learn/concerts/mirarchi/concer_3.htm
any opinions on that?
greetings
Markus
Nice comprehensive article. It is a bit dated now, and I think he misses
a few key things (even back then)
* No Fuji Press? Back in my film shootin' days, I always kept a 20-brick
of Press 800 in the fridge. I learnt to live with how easily the reds
saturated, and the odd way the shadows became milky sometimes. But I
loved its versatility. Didn't like the Press 1600 so much though -
colour seems a bit muddy to me.
* No mention of Delta 3200? Sure, grain the size of bricks, but the
contrast could be controllable by pull processing. Then again, if he
didn't like TMZ, he probably didn't like Delta for the same reason.
* I could never imagine shooting concerts with T400CN (nor for that
matter XP2). I always had to rate them a half a stop or slower to get
anything with bite. Maybe I didn't have a lab that could push process it
properly. But I don't really like the chromogenic look for concert
shots. Not gritty enough (almost too studio-y)
Of course now, digital is the way to go for concert shots, *for me* (I
don't want to get into that flame war). Digital noise is much more
tame-able than film grain at that speed. And the auto-ISO is a gift from
heaven for really variable lighting. Anyway, ymmv.
D
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