Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Austin, I use it for indoor sports: http://geocities.com/daniel_ridings/team/index.html I've even gone up to 1600 with good results (but haven't put them up yet; I will if anyone is interested). I think most emulsions are moving in the same direction as Fuji. Their Press 800 and 1600 (besides the 100 - 400 in Superia/Xtra editions) handle mixed lighting very well. Portra might not since it sounds like it was designed for controlled lighting situations. I go up to 800 and 1600 every winter. I always have a box of 20 of each of them lying around. Daniel On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Austin Franklin wrote: > High speed color films...like with ISO 800. Color films have color balance. > That is why when you shoot color film without flash indoors, the pictures > come out yellow... OK, so what would be the purpose for 800 speed color > film, if you are going to get yellow pictures shooting with it in low light > conditions? It can't be for use with a flash, you'd be shooting at f22 and > using a really low powered flash... Even for outdoor use, for fast > sports...it might be useful for a very fast camera (as in fast shutter > speed), really stopped down...but I'd think you'd be hard pressed to really > "need" it. Under some circumstances, I could see it being useful...like if > the sky is overcast. > > Does anyone actually use high speed color film for low light indoor use? If > so, what have you noticed WRT color balance? What do you use 800 speed film > for? > > Kodak has some new 800 Porta, which is why I'm asking. > > Austin > > -- > 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