Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Take a look at Paul Butzi's web site for some Leica theatre photography tips: http://www.butzi.net/articles/theater.htm He's also done some nice subjective reviews of the M6 and various lenses: http://www.butzi.net/reviews/leicam6.htm If I were to do it, I'd use a 35 (2.0 or 1.4), a 50/2.0 and a 90 APO. Even if you can get close, a 90 will help to isolate single actors and make them stand out from the background. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Tristan Tom [mailto:Tristan@tristantom.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:47 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Shooting theatre with an M6? > > > I've been asked by a local community theatre to shoot some stills for > them. I'm pretty confident that i can do this with my m6 (rather than > an slr) but I'm not sure what i'll need in terms of lenses. i think i > can get pretty close to the stage and actors, so would a 50 but > enough, or do you think i will need a 75 or 90? > > they want production stills primarily to use on lobby cards, and then > they also want some photojournalist type docu shot of > behind-the-scenes, which is what I'm looking forward to doing with my > 35... > > > > > Thanks, > > Tristan Tom > NO ARCHIVE > > >