[Leica] Re: Donning his asbestos suit, he asks: "Filters for the 75/1.4M indoors?"

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

C. I use Fuji 800 and tell the lab that it will need "tweeking." They
usually get it right the first time. If they don't I have them reprinted.

Ken Wilcox


At 05:36 PM 7/13/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Ok, so I've ducked under the table and should be safe.
>
>I just bought a really nice 75/1.4 for my M6HM.  Yay!!!!
>
>I'm planning to shoot indoors in (you guessed it) fairly low light.
>
>Here's the question (multiple choice):
>
>When you folks are shooting color film with your wonderful 50/1.0 or
>75/1.4, how do you avoid the dreaded orange glow from incandescent
>lighting?
>
>   a) I use an 80B filter.  (for extra credit, name your brand of
>      choice) (for extra extra credit, explain why you're using an 80A
>      instead...)
>
>   b) I use a fast, tungsten balanced color negative film (for extra
>      credit, name that film!).
>
>   c) My lab just "fixes" it when they print.  (for extra credit,
>      describe how you get them to do this for you)
>
>   d) I've learned to like "that look".
>
>   e) I don't shoot color indoors, just B&W.
>
>   f) I find that the green glass from the bottom of a Coke (tm)
>      bottle balances things out just fine.
>
>   g) other.  For credit, please explain.
>
>
>g.
>
>
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