Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> [ What lens / camera / technique to shoot inside shopping centres / "Malls" ] I've been shooting "no permission" people candids inside shopping centers for years. <http://4020.net/everyday> The "trick" (if any) is to leave all the extra-photo paraphernalia at home. Bring just the camera on a neck strap. No camera bag. No photo vest. No back-to-front baseball cap. Work fast and be v.low key. I've used a number of different cameras (Rollei 35SF, Hexar Silver (silent modified), Leica M4-2, M4-P and M6TTL - with motordive or rapidwinder) - finally have settled on just a plain M6TTL, wound-on by hand. For the lens, on the Ms I've used a variety of 50mm's but lately have only used a 50mm 'lux (E43 version) with 2x empty UV filters screwed on the end to act as a v.compact "keep the fingers off the glass" lenshood. Every now and then I break out the 35mm 'cron ASPH, but I find it difficult to "see" with this lens (looks like I'm just a 50mm kinda guy). Film: colour, always and only colour - used to be Fuji Press 800, but now is almost exclusively Fuji NPZ 800 (just as fine-grained but much less contrasty). Of course this is for standard (hobby) stills work. Shooting QTVRs (with a motorised M, fisheye & monopod) is *much* more trickier. :?) Regds, Andrew Nemeth <http://nemeng.com> [ High-resolution immersive VR imaging & sound ] - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html