Len, Amen to that comment. When fighting harsh sun and shadows, you must fight light with light. Choose a low contrast film, use fill flash or reflectors. For the same reason, I tend to use fill flash - nobody to hold the reflector(s). I have also found that the reflector can put enough light on the subject to cause discomfort in the eyes.
The other nicety of fill flash is that it puts a nice little catchlight in the eyes and keeps them from going too dark from shadows. Because of this need for fill flash, I have purchased both of the leaf shutter lenses for the 67. Being able to synch up to 1/500 is very useful. The MZ-S/AF360FGZ combination can also do this in 35mm. Bruce Friday, June 07, 2002, 12:08:02 PM, you wrote: PL> Just to cover one point of your question, that of handling the extreme PL> contrast of the midday sun. Yes, when the subject matter is appropriate, PL> outdoor portraits, subjects a lot closer than infinity, which will benefit PL> from the use of fill flash. I use fill flash. I get some strange looks from PL> bystanders when I'm outdoors at high noon shooting with my Metz 45CT4 and PL> Quantum battery pack, but I get nods of understanding from other PL> photographers and I get darned good results using it. I could probably get PL> great results using big reflectors and such but I find that my work usually PL> requires that I be able to handle all of my equipment myself with no time to PL> rearrange a bunch of equipment between shots. PL> I'm sure you'll get a lot of other input on this. PL> Len PL> --- PL> -----Original Message----- PL> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] PL> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:47 PM PL> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PL> Subject: OT: B&W Film in the BRIGHT sunshine :) PL> Ok B&W shooters - PL> Here's the issue: how do you handle BRIGHT sunshine when shooting B&W film PL> ? PL> Basically what I'm talking about here is the problems I face when shooting PL> outdoors, mid day or in bright summer sun. I usually experience HARSH PL> contrast due to sun/shadows. PL> Do you use filters ? if so, what type ? (Red 25, ND ?) PL> Do you offset with fill flash ? What about exposure ? PL> Ideally I guess, the simplest answer would be "shoot color" :) but I'm so PL> partial to B&W :) PL> Any and all input appreciated and paid for in beer :) PL> Cheers, PL> Dave PL> -------------------------------------------------------------------- PL> mail2web - Check your email from the web at PL> http://mail2web.com/ . PL> - PL> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, PL> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to PL> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . PL> - PL> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, PL> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to PL> 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 .
