Thanks, Bill I'm using color, but I will run out and get some 1600 speed film for tonight's performance, just in case.
And I'll run out all three legs of the tripod. Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill D. Casselberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Film for ballet performance | Maris wrote: | | > I don't have a monopod & don't want to buy one just for this, so I'm | > bringing my tripod and extending one leg only to use it as a monopod | | ;^) might as well run out all three legs - you can keep them | bunched together if needed, or spread them out a bit if the | conditions allow for it. I do this even w/ my rather bulky | Bogen 3046 (I've also been known to poke the thing way up in | the air w/ camera on timer delay for those all-encompasing | "FishEye in the Sky" shots at times :^) | | ... for film, I would have suggested TMax p3200 pushed to 12,800 | if necessary due to dark stage conditions. I have had good results | in theatre lighting settings w/ this arrangement - and being able | to shoot in the f4-5.6 @ 1/250th to 1/500th sec range. IMHO, do what | ever it takes to assure a sufficient shutter speed to freeze the | action - nothing more depressing than getting back a bunch of motion | blurred images after all that effort. Leaping dancers frozen w/ limbs | outstretched against the stage scenery are well worth the lack of color. | | This approach would necessitate self-development or use of a trusted | and competent b&w lab, of course. | | Bill | | --------------------------------------------------------- | Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast | | http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | --------------------------------------------------------- | - | 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 . | - 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 .
