Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dick, You might like to try the KODAK Supra 800 for some of that family stuff, as it's one great film. Excellent fine grain for an 800, almost non existent. Great indoors and out for those stormy dark days you have down that way once in awhile not like us west coasters where the sun shines all the time! ;-) ted "Richard W. Hemingway" wrote: > Julian' > > >Love it! Sounds like you're having good Leica fun. In what I presume were > >relatively spontaneous and fast-moving family snaps, were you able to get by > >with avialable light? And if so, what lens/film combinations do you like > >for that kind of shooting. > > For years I only used slide film, Kodachrome 64 and then 200. Today I am > using print film (Mom wants them to send to our kids) usually Kodak gold > 200. Not great but it works pretty well. For my granddaughter's wedding I > used 400 and 1600 TMax (I think it was) and shot the 400 at 800. The > reception was in a castle looking building and very dark inside. I used > two M6's with a 50 noct. on one and 35/1.4 on the other and shot them wide > open. > > For normal family snaps I usually use the 35/1.4 the most (probably 95% of > the time), sometimes the 24/2.8 and the 90/2.0. For church services etc, > when I can't get out of it, Kodak Gold 400 without flash. > > Dick Hemingway > Plano, TX