Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Any film recommendations? Fuji Reala would be my only choice for a portrait print film. Beautiful skin tones, fine grained, ASA 100, medium contrast--the ideal choice (and frequently used for wedding photography for this reason.) I'm shooting some myself at a wedding this weekend. >Any thoughts on the setup in general? Shadows can be a little cool in color temp. A slight warming filter wouldn't hurt. I'm always wary of flash--if you're shooting in open shade then there shouldn't be much need for fill. This will also free you up on the shutter speed issue. If you shoot a test roll I would try a few without flash. >Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! And don't shortchange the Elmarit as a portrait lens. It's the best 90mm lens in the world. Have a look at my photo of an Armenian herdsman taken in April with this lens. http://www.surfnetusa.com/cdunlap/herdsman.html I was stopped down to f/4 or f/5.6. For your purposes I would try it wide open. If you can get the background about 8 to 10 feet behind the girls it should blur beatifully (I'm guessing a bit here). Good luck. Let us know how it came out. - -Charlie