Re: [Leica] Wedding photography with M6 and Noct.

["Richard W. Hemingway" <rheming@ibm.net>]

Andre,

Thanks for the response to my post about using Neopan 1600 for my
granddaughter's wedding reception and urging me to try either Fuji CZ Super
G 800 or Kodak PMZ 1000.  I had decided to use the B&W film, but now find
that it is hard to get here.  So, I am back to your suggestions.  As I
mentioned, I had tried the G800 and liked it, but the room has no windows
and is lighted with mostly incandescent lights.  I did take one roll of
film there and found that it had a yellow-orange cast due to the color
temp/film imbalance.

How does the Kodak PMZ 1000 work in this type of lighting???  I guess in a
worse case I could scan the negs and print them on my computer printer in
B&W.  I haven't inquired whether any of the labs will try to correct the
color balance in the printing.  Since I don't have my darkroom any more I
can't either.  I took one of the negatives of the G800 and tried to correct
the color balance, but the results were not good.

Any other suggestions, my friend???  Will at least the Lugs don't seem to
be trying to eat each other right now - for a while I thought we were a
bunch of cannibals!!

Thanks and have a great week-end

Dick




you wrote:
>At 11:49 -0600 15/02/99, Richard W. Hemingway wrote:
>> I also have my Noctilux.  I have about decided to use Neopan 1600 
>> (it will be pretty low light I understand)
>> [ ... ]
>> I will stick the 35/1.4 ASPH in my pocket.  Don't know about the 
>> 90/2.8 - may be too dark.
>> [ ... ]
>> Dick Hemingway
>> Plano, Tex
>
>Allo Dick,
>	I missed the thread, flooded with hundreds
>	of other e-mails this week.
>
>	Let me try to convince you to go to those places
>	this week and shoot either Fuji CZ Super G 800
>	or Kodak PMZ 1000 "available light".
>
>	With these three magnificent lenses of yours,
>	you may find you get excellent results
>	at 1/60  f/4 or f/5.6, especially is there
>	is a certain percentage of daylight there.
>
>	Such a situation made me discover the beauty
>	of high speed color negative photography
>	and I'm at a loss to convey the sense of
>	satisfaction and the objective results I attained
>	with far lesser equipment than  yours.
>
>	Your advantage over others will be the "stealthiness"
>	of the Leica M and superlative optics
>	and a most probable long photo experience.
>
>	I agree the whole idea is to have fun,
>	especially at a wedding, but I grind my teeth
>	when I read of conservative Leica owners holding on
>	to black and white when such beautiful
>	photos can be had with available light
>	color prints, done by a well chosen lab,
>	especially with Leica optics.
>	Non-photo trip people always seem sorry
>	their faces are black and white...
>	in such context. The only way I'd use B&W
>	would be in newsprint advertising,
>	as a digital "reduction".
>
>	Yet, I have to respect opinions;
>	not my forte, all told.
>
>	Andre Jean Quintal
>
>	PS: Best wishes to you and your family
>	for the occasion.
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>   "Only when it's dark enough
>    can you see the stars."
>
>	Martin Luther King jr
>