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Subject: [Leica] Shot a Play
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:41:01 +0100
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Aram,

Nice series. I like the last one best - just catches a great moment.

I quite like theatre photography. I don't worry about high ISOs, as my DMRs 
don't let me go there. I just shoot like we all did in the old film days. At 
ISO 400-800, 1/60th sec at f4 (set on manual) usually does the trick 
depending how bright the lights are.

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham, UK

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On 8 Aug 2010, at 20:15, Aram Langhans wrote:

> I was "hired" to take the publicity shots for the local theater group for 
> their production of "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" and 
> here is a collection of four photos beginning with this one.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/forum/untitled-0835.jpg.html
> 
> This is the second play I have done.  This one was much more difficult as 
> it is a fast moving comedy, so the actors are all over the place in not 
> great lighting.  I was shooting at ISO 800 or 1600 to get enough speed to 
> freeze the frenzied action.  Three are with Leica lenses (50/2) and one 
> with Canon (24-70/2.8L), not a shabby hunk of glass.  Certainly autofocus 
> was a help in this situation, far removed from my usual fare.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> Aram 
> 
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