Pat, Have you considered B&W? I just got back a roll of Ilford Delta 3200 that doesn't look bad at all. It also gets rid of color problems with the different spots.
Bruce Thursday, November 14, 2002, 6:45:01 PM, you wrote: P> I'm scheduled to go to an ice show in January. The lighting will be colored P> spot lights w/ the house lights off. The arena is regulation hockey sized. The P> last time I was there, the arena management (or perhaps show management) P> prohibited lenses w/ focal lengths greater than 70mm (what silliness!) or by P> security inspection, lenses longer than an arbitrary height were turned away, P> unless one had the appropriate paperwork (press passes). There was also a P> prohibition against flash photography (didn't stop all the P&S users, many of whom had zooms >> 70mm, more silliness). This meant I had to put an 80-200/2.8 P> lens back in the car. Shooting w/ a 28-205 lens simply wasn't long enough. This P> year, I'm going back in w/ a slowish (=smaller) 75-300/4.5-5.6 lens. This means P> minimum ISO 800 film. P> I'm open to suggestions for a color negative ISO 800 or above film. Last year P> was Fuji Superia Xtra 800. Any opinions on shooting this at EI 1600 or P> suggestion for an ISO 1600 film? Not after shots that rival the big guns that P> have seats on the press side lines, but would like to world on my low light P> technique. P> TIA, P> Pat in SF P> __________________________________________________ P> Do you Yahoo!? P> Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site P> http://webhosting.yahoo.com
