Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram, Nice series. I like the last one best - just catches a great moment. I quite like theatre photography. I don't worry about high ISOs, as my DMRs don't let me go there. I just shoot like we all did in the old film days. At ISO 400-800, 1/60th sec at f4 (set on manual) usually does the trick depending how bright the lights are. Charlie Chan Cheltenham, UK topoxforddoc at btinternet.com www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 8 Aug 2010, at 20:15, Aram Langhans wrote: > I was "hired" to take the publicity shots for the local theater group for > their production of "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" and > here is a collection of four photos beginning with this one. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/forum/untitled-0835.jpg.html > > This is the second play I have done. This one was much more difficult as > it is a fast moving comedy, so the actors are all over the place in not > great lighting. I was shooting at ISO 800 or 1600 to get enough speed to > freeze the frenzied action. Three are with Leica lenses (50/2) and one > with Canon (24-70/2.8L), not a shabby hunk of glass. Certainly autofocus > was a help in this situation, far removed from my usual fare. > > Comments welcome. > > Aram > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information