Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to Dan and everyone else who's been responding to my pathetic plea for help. And, as Alistair suggested, when the posts stop coming I'll put together a summary of the advice. B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Dan S > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:23 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Need Technical Advice > > > B.D. I just got back around 300 mixed light and fluorescent > shots from a big > corporate meeting. Kodak 400vc is excellent for this use. > > As for balancing, it should not be a problem. Most machine > processors are > able to compensate reasonably well. I would recommend that > you overexpose by > 1/2 stop for the fluorescent lighting however, to help the > lousy shadows > that this lighting produces. > > > > > >Help! As an almost exclusively B&W available light shooter I > need some > >technical advice - and it might be best to just Email me > off-list to avoid > >starting an endless thread/pissing contest.. :-) > > > >What is the "best" high-speed (400 to 800) color neg in > terms of producing > >the most realistic skin tones in a) florescent lighting; b) > florescent and > >incandescent mixed; c) florescent and daylight mixed. > > > >And, assuming that the colors will be off somewhat, how > difficult is it to > >have the skin tones corrected in printing by a custom lab? > > > >Thanks in advance for help with such a newbie kind of > question, but my use > >of color film has for the past 40 years pretty much been > confined to either > >straight daylight, or just taking "happy snaps" where I > didn't care about > >color balance, etc. > > > >B. D. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >