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Advice please, which film to use...
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 * 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. * 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. *A roll of Kodak P3200 B&W film - Probably way too fast for motion blur shots, and being B&W it will be essentially useless for fireworks shots, but could give some very nice portrait results. * A few rolls of Fuji Neopan 100 B&W film - I think this one will be nearly useless - the fireworks or carny rides in B&W will lose impact, and it will be too slow for portraits. Any comments? will the 800 be too quick or the 100 be too slow? My thoughts are to load the spare body with 800 colour film, and when I use the rest of the slide film I currently have loaded, load that camera with 100 colour film. I am tempted to use the Kodak P3200 though - I think it could give some very interesting results. Bearing in mind that I will primarily be there with my family, so I won't be sitting with the camera taking shot after shot after shot, so I don't expect to be able to experiment with all the film types (as much as I'd like to). |
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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... -- ______________A L L D O N E ! B Y E B Y E !_________________ | __ "The Internet is where lunatics are | (__ * _ _ _ _ internetworked worldwide at the speed of light. | __)|| | |(_)| \ *This* is progress?" --J. Shinal |
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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... -- ______________A L L D O N E ! B Y E B Y E !_________________ | __ "The Internet is where lunatics are | (__ * _ _ _ _ internetworked worldwide at the speed of light. | __)|| | |(_)| \ *This* is progress?" --J. Shinal |
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"Graham Fountain" wrote in message
... 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, Here's a note on shooting fireworks: http://photos.msn.com/Editorial/Arti...kingpicture s -- Regards, Matt Clara www.mattclara.com |
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Graham Fountain wrote:
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 * 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. It's okay for fireworks. f/8 to f/11 and hold the shutter open in "B" setting with a cable release (yes, on a tripod). Cover the lens with something like a ball cap and unmask when you see a missile going up, cover up again until the next one. A fairly wide angle is best and a good backgroung (city lights, river/bridge) make it great. For the carny lights something around 1/8 f/5.6 ...that will give you motion too. take that to f/11 at 1/2 for more motion blur. *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. Nope. * 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. Good for portraits of people lit by the color lights. Over expose by 1 stop (rate it at 400). For faces open up yet another stop from the meter reading. *A roll of Kodak P3200 B&W film - Probably way too fast for motion blur shots, and being B&W it will be essentially useless for fireworks shots, but could give some very nice portrait results. * A few rolls of Fuji Neopan 100 B&W film - I think this one will be nearly useless - the fireworks or carny rides in B&W will lose impact, and it will be too slow for portraits. B&W can do a good job on fireworks. It's a different way of seeing it. Any comments? will the 800 be too quick or the 100 be too slow? My thoughts are to load the spare body with 800 colour film, and when I use the rest of the slide film I currently have loaded, load that camera with 100 colour film. I am tempted to use the Kodak P3200 though - I think it could give some very interesting results. 100 slide film is perfect for fireworks. tripod and release are essential. The fast B&W can be used for handheld (braced) action portraits. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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"Graham Fountain" wrote in message ... *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. * 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. *A roll of Kodak P3200 B&W film - Probably way too fast for motion blur shots, and being B&W it will be essentially useless for fireworks shots, but could give some very nice portrait results. * A few rolls of Fuji Neopan 100 B&W film - I think this one will be nearly useless - the fireworks or carny rides in B&W will lose impact, and it will be too slow for portraits. For stuff like that I find Fuji 100 fine. Just leave the shutter open as long as the fire works last. The slower the film, the brighter the colors, and it's simple onough to let go of the release after the burst fades out. Bob Hickey |
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