Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 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. Agree completely with this. > I'd suggest a 75 or 90 for some detail of the players. You may > even want a 135 Elmarit-M. Yes--and with the 135, you're going to want a tripod, too (or at least a monopod). I've had good success shooting theater with Portra 800 through my M6 + 50/2. But I was up close (front row), less than 15 feet from the stage. Dan