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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for school play
From: bfranson@greennet.net (Bill Franson)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:22:11 -0800
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I personally would go ahead with a fast daylight neg film. I have shot
Portra 400NC under theatrical light and under museum lighting conditions
and got great results. Just tell your lab what conditions you shot under.
They can color correct. I have only used Portra 800 once under existing
light conditions and the negs looked good, though more contrasty and
grainier than the 400 Portra. 

Bill Franson

At 12:16 PM 12/11/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Simon Lamb wrote:
>> 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.
>
>	Theater lighting is usually 3200 K, and colour negatives
>usually "expect" 5500 K. I would look for a color film for tungsten
>lighting, although I have never tried. 
>
>
>
>	Borja.
>

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