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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for school play
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:23:43 -0500
References: <39F62D6D.F0C04381@home.com> <5.0.0.25.2.20001025100646.00abddb0@127.0.0.1> <008101c0635d$4ccd3880$650a0a0a@phoenixdb.co.uk> <3A350EEE.1C729E92@rabiner.cncoffice.com>

Even stage fixtures that were designed for tungsten lamps are now commonly
fitted with halogen lamps.  There is a replacement for almost every type.
The lamps are made in color temperatures from about 2800 to 3200 K.  The
warmer ones last longer.  I suspect that the 3000-3050 lamps are the most
common as they are available in the most sizes.  I did a bunch of research
on this recently finding replacement lamps for some old theatre fixtures.

I worked for a season at a large summer theatre (equity company) and got my
best shots from the front row during dress rehearsal and at a staged
photo-op after opening night.  I used a 50mm and 105mm lenses, the later
worked great for closeups from the house.  I never worried about color
temperature.  It was 1973 and there was only one film.

Mike D

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for school play


> . . .
> I believe stage spotlights are tungsten not halogen. tungsten is about
400K
> warmer i think than "halogen".
>. . .
>
> mark rabiner
> :)
>

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