Re: [Leica] Wedding Photography Questions

["lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com>]

I'm going to guess it was processing as my experience has not been what
yours was at all. Maybe, too, your asa was mis-set. Who knows? I'd love to
have the nerve to shoot consumer grade films at weddings but I just can't do
it.

I did extensive film tests before I started shooting weddings and I learned
a LOT. I tested different films with flash, without flash, with reflector,
without, bounced, straight, natural light, back light, side light, shade
then I took the film to different local labs and had them printed. Amazing
the difference in quality.

Now that I'm switching to digital I get to do it all over again.........but
the confidence the testing gives is worth its weight in gold.

Lea

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "David C Mason" <damason@mac.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Wedding Photography Questions


>
> On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 11:48 AM, lea wrote:
>
> > I've been doing weddings using the Kodak Portra line for a couple
> > years now.
> > I use their 400 and 800 and am very happy with them. I tested the Fuji
> > line
> > of films but found them to be poor in rendering purples so opted for
> > Kodak
> > instead. I would encourage you to shoot pro film, not consumer grade;
> > you'll
> > pay more but you'll be able to see the difference.
> >
>
> I don't want to start a film flame war, and I don't shoot weddings...
> but I tried out a roll of the Portra NC and I thought it was the worst
> color film I have ever put through my camera. The colors were muted and
> hardly realistic. Certainly it could have been processing but I have
> stuck with the cheap consumer grade Fuji and Agfa films and am very
> happy with them.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
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