Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In England during September, I photographed inside the Tower of London (Crown Jewels), Westminster Abby (Diana's table & candle and the rest of the place), and many rooms at Windsor Castle. All were at 1/30 @ f/1.4, sometimes f/2. Only the really really dark places required 1/15th sec. Fuji 100/1000 at EI 200. Generally speaking, the slides were OK. None too dark. Some overexposed. Jim At 12:57 PM 10/14/98 +0000, Doug Richardson wrote: >BenTroGa@aol.com wrote: > >>M6 and f/1 will get the darkest cathedrals in Europe with no sweat! > >With what speed of film? > >The last European cathedral I was in needed 1 sec at f2.8 with >Kodachrome 200. That would be the equivalent of 1/8 at f1, which would >still need a tripod. > >My experience in churches, museums and the like are that most >potential subjects need 1/15, 1/8, 1/4 or 1/2 at f2 with K200. Even a >Noctilux would need a tripod for half of these subjects. > >Regards, > >Doug Richardson > http://www.photoaccess.com Jim Brick, ASMP, BIAA Photo Access (650) 470-1132 Visual Impressions Publishing Visual Impressions Photography (408) 296-1629