Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/27/01 9:17 PM, henry at henry@henryambrose.com wrote: > I guess I don't "get it" since no one else seems to want faster films in > 4X5. > If you do something nutty like photograph people with a 4X5 then you'd > want faster film. Its 2 stops and sometimes it matters. f8 at 1/30 is way > better than f8 at 1/8. For a rock it hardly matters but people move. Or > even outdoors and you're photographing a big group and you need every > stop even in daylight. 2 more stops helps! I agree completely. For available light work of human beings YOU NEED SPEED IN 4x5. 400 is a minimum. I am about to try 25 sheets of T400 CN which is supposed to be eminently shootable @ 800. But I could use another stop. > - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com