Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 11 December 2000, "Simon Lamb" wrote: > > I will be photographing the school play for our local school which will be > held in an assembly hall. I have been told that there will be no light > apart from the stage spotlights, which I assume will be halogen. > > Can anyone share their experience of working in such lighting with regard to > the best type of film. I will probably take an ISO800 film (colour neg) > with my M6, the 35 f/2, 50mm f/2 and Noctilux. I expect to be no less than > thirty feet from the stage and possibly further back than that. I have a > some Portra 800 and Supra 800 in the fridge at home, but I am open to being > guided by those who have worked in these conditions and have real world > experience of different types of film. > > Many thanks. > > Simon My guess is that your film speed will be OK but focal length may be lacking. Without a longer lens many of my photos of the kids' school plays would look like I had lined up rag-encrusted dolls on a shelf and had used a P&S to get the maximum amount of bland forefround and equally drab school stage curtains in the picture. School stage lighting is horrid, too. I'd suggest a 75 or 90 for some detail of the players. You may even want a 135 Elmarit-M. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/