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I shoot wedding and senior grads for a living and use FUJI PRO 160 S 220
film...now, i have been asked to shoot a car clubs cars.....now since i have never shot cars before...what film would you recomend that i use and why......i already know where i'm shooting, i have permission to shoot on the grass in a park with lots of trees for sunlight cover....i just have to wait for the leaves to pop out.... now some of you may be saying...shoot digital....no thank you...i like film....just asking for some help from you guys that may have done this yourselves...... thanks in advance Wayne Milwaukee,WI |
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"PRO SHOW_SS" wrote in message ... I shoot wedding and senior grads for a living and use FUJI PRO 160 S 220 film...now, i have been asked to shoot a car clubs cars.....now since i have never shot cars before...what film would you recomend that i use and why......i already know where i'm shooting, i have permission to shoot on the grass in a park with lots of trees for sunlight cover....i just have to wait for the leaves to pop out.... now some of you may be saying...shoot digital....no thank you...i like film....just asking for some help from you guys that may have done this yourselves...... Car types presumably like snappy colors and lots of contrast. Velvia 100F is what I'd try first. It's very fussy/unforgiving about exposure, though. I shot a lot of it for a while, but went back to Provia, which has enough snap crackle and pop for my needs and the highlights don't burn holes in the stuff quite so badly. Fuji _claim_ it's their most color-accurate slide film. It gets a bad rep amongst landscape types, who want the dizzy Velvia 50 colors. But that makes it the right thing for cars. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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"PRO SHOW_SS" wrote in message ... I shoot wedding and senior grads for a living and use FUJI PRO 160 S 220 film...now, i have been asked to shoot a car clubs cars.....now since i have never shot cars before...what film would you recomend that i use and why......i already know where i'm shooting, i have permission to shoot on the grass in a park with lots of trees for sunlight cover....i just have to wait for the leaves to pop out.... now some of you may be saying...shoot digital....no thank you...i like film....just asking for some help from you guys that may have done this yourselves...... thanks in advance Wayne Milwaukee,WI A possible, maybe thing to consider would be a slightly wide lens. Back in the day when cars had big fins, many car shots were done with a wide lens from a low angle at a corner. This made the car look like it went on forever. Some car club people may not like the look, but for some cars (and owners), it may be a good look. You're probably gonna burn thru a lot of film (I know I would!), so unless you have the money side covered, I'd consider using 35mm, just to cut your costs a bit. You can get a good 11x14 from a good 35mm negative with no problem, and a 16x20 if you've got good glass and can hold a camera steady. I'd carry a 35mm with a normal lens, a 28mm (for the "big fin" look), and maybe a zoom or a macro lens (possibly an add-on for the normal lens) to get some detail shots. |
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On 6 Apr, 14:16, "Ken Hart" wrote:
"PRO SHOW_SS" wrote in message ... I shoot wedding and senior grads for a living and use FUJI PRO 160 S 220 film...now, i have been asked to shoot a car clubs cars.....now since i have never shot cars before...what film would you recomend that i use and why......i already know where i'm shooting, i have permission to shoot on the grass in a park with lots of trees for sunlight cover....i just have to wait for the leaves to pop out.... now some of you may be saying...shoot digital....no thank you...i like film....just asking for some help from you guys that may have done this yourselves...... thanks in advance Wayne Milwaukee,WI A possible, maybe thing to consider would be a slightly wide lens. Back in the day when cars had big fins, many car shots were done with a wide lens from a low angle at a corner. This made the car look like it went on forever. Some car club people may not like the look, but for some cars (and owners), it may be a good look. You're probably gonna burn thru a lot of film (I know I would!), so unless you have the money side covered, I'd consider using 35mm, just to cut your costs a bit. You can get a good 11x14 from a good 35mm negative with no problem, and a 16x20 if you've got good glass and can hold a camera steady. I'd carry a 35mm with a normal lens, a 28mm (for the "big fin" look), and maybe a zoom or a macro lens (possibly an add-on for the normal lens) to get some detail shots. I got the cash part covered...there paying me 125.00 each for me to shoot....i would rather not shoot slide film if i can get away with it...for the reason my new lab won't do slide film....if i had another lab...i would shoot it in a heartbeat....but i want to stay away from slide....there has to be a film you guys can think of that would give me the snap of slide... wayne |
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wrote: I got the cash part covered...there paying me 125.00 each for me to shoot....i would rather not shoot slide film if i can get away with it...for the reason my new lab won't do slide film....if i had another lab...i would shoot it in a heartbeat....but i want to stay away from slide....there has to be a film you guys can think of that would give me the snap of slide... Get a new lab. Failing that, there's a (relatively) new Fuji negative film that would be perfect: PRO160NC. The lowest grain I've ever seen in a negative film scan (way better than Reala), high contrast, punchy colors. But it's only available in Japan. Get a new lab. (And shoot 120: if you get some good shots, the car folks will want big prints. Film looks like crap at a 13x enlargement, and that's 12x18 from 35mm. Life's to short to put up with 35mm.) David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Seems to me you have an opportunity to test several films before the shoot.
Also other issues will be uneven lighting etc. People have seen lots of great car pictures. You want yours to be just as good as what they have seen in the past. "PRO SHOW_SS" wrote in message ... I shoot wedding and senior grads for a living and use FUJI PRO 160 S 220 film...now, i have been asked to shoot a car clubs cars.....now since i have never shot cars before...what film would you recomend that i use and why......i already know where i'm shooting, i have permission to shoot on the grass in a park with lots of trees for sunlight cover....i just have to wait for the leaves to pop out.... now some of you may be saying...shoot digital....no thank you...i like film....just asking for some help from you guys that may have done this yourselves...... thanks in advance Wayne Milwaukee,WI |
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sure it would be nice to find a lab to do slide...it took me 4 months to
find this lab to do my film after my lab closed...this lab is a few states away the way it is...you find me a lab that will do 220 slide,...and i'll give them a try....film labs are drying up... Wayne |
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PRO SHOW_SS wrote:
I shoot wedding and senior grads for a living and use FUJI PRO 160 S 220 film...now, i have been asked to shoot a car clubs cars.....now since i have never shot cars before...what film would you recomend that i use and why......i already know where i'm shooting, i have permission to shoot on the grass in a park with lots of trees for sunlight cover....i just have to wait for the leaves to pop out.... now some of you may be saying...shoot digital....no thank you...i like film....just asking for some help from you guys that may have done this yourselves...... Velvia 100/100F, 50 Kodak E100G/GX and E100VS (VS: Vivid Saturation) -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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