Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mitch- I'm a wedding photographer, and do alot with an M6, 35 Summilux, and Canon 50/1.4 LTM with adapter on the M6. I shoot (in the church) Delta 3200 rated at 1600 and have the lab process it as if shot at 3200 (NO PULL- the negs will be too thin!) Alot of the time I'm shooting around 1/15th-1/30th 1.4-2 (I gotta cut down on the coffee!) but they come out! I also will sometimes use a Bogen monopod (the one with the bottom that unscrews and becomes a psuedo-tripod; has a foot assembly) I have a small ball head and a Stroboframe Quick release on the M6.... it can help and is amazingly portable. (I'm also shooting a Hasselblad with a Justrite bracket and Q-Flash- the Hassy has a Stroboframe QR plate on it so I can pop it onto the mono/tri-pod too- then I shoot Kodak PMZ 1000- and can hand hold the M6) Whew- went on much longer than I meant to.... have fun! Bob Keene >---------------- > >Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:00:06 EDT >From: Zeissleica@aol.com >Subject: Zeissleica@aol.com > >Hi all... > >Now that I have my M3 kit back and fully operational, I've been shooting like >mad and having a ball in the process. I'm trying to capture one legit shot >per day, but am finding it somewhat difficult, though it is getting me back >in the habit of looking at everything as a possible composition. > >Having not exposed any interesting film stock since I was in college (a >1,000,000+ frames of dupe film and a couple hundred rolls of regular Kodak >Gold print film since then don't count), I am experimenting with any stock >that catches my fancy. > >That said, my family is getting in on the game now and are making desires >known; chief among them, my brother and his fiance want me to shoot B&W >available light, informal, candid, handheld photographs (no tripods) at their >wedding in November (they will have a professional shooting color for the >formal stuff). They know the results will be "artsy", but that's what they >want. I visited the church with them last week to take some meter readings >and test shots. > >So far, I have tried HP5 (at EI 400) and Delta 3200 (at EI 3200). The HP5 >looks real good but is too slow for this particular environment; the Delta >3200 is scary fast but hideously grainy at 3200 (both were shot wide open >with my Noct). Readings are perfect for EI 800 at 1.0/250 to 1.0/125. > >My question is thus: > >Is the Delta 3200 (EI 800) significantly better to justify trying it (I >haven't shot it at that speed yet)? Or should I look into another film stock >altogether? The EI 3200 exposures are just too contrasty and grainy for me >to use. > >BTW, according to the tests I've done so far... > >- - Royal Gold 100 is okay >- - Portra 160VC is better >- - Velvia 50 (shot at EI 40) is awesome, stunning and superlative (WOW!) > >I'm planning on getting the best of the bunch up on the Web within the next >couple of weeks. > >/Mitch > >------------------------------