Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote: > What's the best color negative film to use at high noon during the > tropical dry season? So far, most of my color negative snaps under > these conditions have had too much contrast and dark, dark shadows. I'd try some of the pro portrait films. The ones geared toward wedding photographers. If a film can get a white wedding dress next to a black tux, it has quite a range! Kodak Portra 160NC or Fuji NPS 160 come to mind. (Speaking of that, I wonder if Ted's 10-month pregnant bride wore white... :) > What's the best exposure strategy? I'd say the best is Jim Brick's zone system. I'll repost it. Following that, eliminate the extreme shadows. Or eliminate the extreme highlights. Recompose so that you don't have both in the same frame. Or use fill flash or a reflector to reduce the contrast range. If you're not metering the shadows but using averaged readings, overexpose a little so that you can get shadow detail. Print on lower contrast paper. Go for B&W. Use XP2. It's generally a low contrast film, so shooting it in high contrast scenes can make it print about right on normal paper. Best of all, though... Follow Jim's advice that I'll post next. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/