Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Film for school play
From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:13:17 -0500

> 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

Replies: Reply from "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com> (Re: [Leica] Film for school play)