Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aperture is a guess. Try them all. If it is dark when you shoot from, put your hat in front of the lens, lock it open on "B", then take your hat off the lens two or three times during the bursts. Then close the shuuter and wind on. Or--shoot some at about 1/2 - 1/4 second hand held for unusual effect. 200 or 400 should work fine. Ken Wilcox At 04:04 PM 6/29/99 -0400, you wrote: >With the 4th of July aproaching I plan to shoot the fireworks show in NY >off of my friends roof. I have an M3 50 summicron (latest), 90 elmar >collaps, minolta autometer III (which im thinking of trading for the >sekonic L308 at some point) and a slik tripod. I plan to shoot color neg. >I know that I should be shooting slow shutterspeeds to get the full burst >of fireworks but how slow? 1 sec 1/2 sec? Also, how should I set the >aperture, something tells me a simple incident reading off the roof will >not be acurate and im unsure of how to utilize the reflective reading >attachment. Last question, what color neg film would you suggest I use? >Thanks for the help. >-- >Michael Garmisa <elmar@nyct.net> >NO ARCHIVE > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>