Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kingston Elite, no question...the finest grain since Kodachrome 25...or was it Ektar 50? Of course, I'm using SD, not CF...grain may be less important with the larger format of the CF cards. -Aaron At 07:52 PM 12/1/2005, you wrote: >Well I'd certainly go with the SanDisk Extreme III myself - their reds >are quite so saturated, almost Kodak yellows, and the greens are spot >on. However, you have to make sure that if you use a card reader it's >at room temperature for at least an hour so you don't chill-shock the >connections which leads to more aliasing and possibly so XIF >confusion. I don't need to agitate them at all. > >ab > >On 12/1/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > > I'd suggesting using Lexar or SanDisk CF - great exposure range and color > > fidelity. Take a couple of test shots, adjust your exposure, and away you > > go! > > > > Oh, you mean using filum? No reciprocity issues as you won't need that > > long > > an exposure, assuming that you're using reasonably fast film - don't > > forget > > you're shooting lights. Assuming you're using 400 iso film - or 800 - I > > don't think you're even going to need a tripod. Start shooting at maybe > > f2 > > at 1/60th, and go down from there. > > > > B. D. > > > > > > On 12/1/05 5:26 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm interested in shooting some xmas trees at night (outdoors). I plan > > > to > > > use a tripod, I suppose. But how should I meter the trees? They will > > > be > > > all lit up. Will I run into reciprocity failure issues? What might > be some > > > good films to use, color and B&W? > > > > > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information