Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first question, Adam, is what is the project about? Is it about film? Is it about cameras? Lenses? Or is it about your subjects. If it is a project about the look of Neopan 1600 in different kinds of light over the course of a summer, then, obviously, you use only Neopan 1600. But if the project is about the subjects, you use the film - or films - with which you are most comfortable working, that will allow you to capture the images you want. I rarely use anything but Tri-X, and usually rate it at 800, ocassionally shooting at 400, or throwing in some Acros if I am working with the Leicas in bright daylight. And for the no-light situations, there's always the 3200 Deltalux. ;-) But concentrate on your subjects - who and what they should be, why you are shooting them, how you want to portray them, and don't get hung up on the film type - or on the fact that different films have different looks. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:22 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Questions about consistency within a project On 4/26/03 Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote: > >I think it is entirely OK to change films as dictated by the light >conditions, I do it all the time. My basic B&W film is Fuji Acros, but >as the light dims, I happily move on to Ilford Delta 400 and then Fuji >Neopan 1600. If you limit yourself to just one film, especially a slow >one, then you will either lose some pictures or have to use flash, which >I think is detrimental to portraits (unless we are talking studio etc.). I was thinking that - but the look of the images is quite different and if there were some established thought about this I'd like to know. There is daylight and there is daylight! Thanks! Adam - -- 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