Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which is to say - meter and bracket, as lighting is going to vary dramatically depending upon the venue and the...lighting. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of daniel Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 1:52 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Correct exposure for concert shooting my experiance in dimly lit smaller venues is 1/4-1/15 @ f/1.0--2.8 with neopan 1600@800. My advice would be to take the meter readings with the 90mm on since it will give you a smaller metering area and then try to isolate maybe a band members face and adjust exposure accordingly (+1-2stops) if caucasian. good luck.-daniel - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:54 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Correct exposure for concert shooting > Hi, > > Maybe the lighting has changed since I did concerts, but 1/60 @ f4 was > a good starting point with asa 400 films ... they way I remember it. > And even then, I wasn't stingy with the exposure ... so you might get > away with 1/125 @ 4 or thereabouts. > > Daniel > > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Logan Reinwood wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Next week I plan to make some pictures at a concert. > > I plan to shoot without flash, mainly B&W, using my M7 and Noctilux, > > and M3 > > + 90/2.8. > > > > The background will be black, and most of the singers will be > > dressed in black. The light will be white (no red, blue, etc.). I do > > not own a spot meter. I wonder how much I should correct the reading > > given by the M7? on > > average minus 1.5 stops? > > > > Any advices from professional concert shooters? > > > > TIA, Logan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html