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Old September 13th 04, 06:09 AM
S Lee
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Graham Fountain choreographed a chorus line of high-kicking electrons to
spell out:

Haven't been keeping track of my calendar - this coming weekend is our
annual carnival and I am a little unprepared for it. I doubt I'll have
a chance to get out to buy more film before then, so what I have
sitting in my camera bag will have to be it. I want to get some nice
nighttime motion shots of the carny rides, fireworks, maybe the odd
photo of the missus and the kid enjoying themselves, and possibly the
odd shot of the carny workers (from past experience most are so ugly
they should make interesting photos). My film choices (and my
thoughts) a


Also important: What lenses, what camera? Flash? Tripod?

* currently half a roll of Fujichrome Sensia 100 slide
film in one camera body - since this is in the camera now I will be
using it - I don't know how well it will handle things like fireworks
though - too slow? I suspect it should be good for motion shots of the
rides.
*A few rolls of Kodak Max and Fuji superia 100 colour negative
film. - I have heaps of this, but like the slide film, I wonder if it
will be too slow.


Should be fine for fireworks shot with a tripod over the three
seconds or so that it'll take to get the burst patterns to appear. Or
combine the slow films with fill flash to get interesting stopped/blurred
motion effects on the rides.

* A roll of Kodak Max 800 ISO colour negative film - In line with
wondering if the 100 would be too slow, I wonder if the 800 would be
too fast - would it be too quick to get the nice blurred shots of the
rides etc. But then again, it might be able to freeze some of the
motion which would give an alternative aspect. I think this might be
the best option for photos of my family though, and hopefully it will
give a nice grainy feel.


Fine for standing family snaps. "Too fast for motion blur" really
depends on what lighting you have to work with. And that's really the
biggest consideration here...

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