Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary and Dawn Klein wrote: > >SNIP > We seem to have plethora of these poorly lit sporting arenas. In fact my > cohort is working tonight in our city's 1940s armory for the two high school > matchups in basketball. We have to light the event. So instead of 1/500 > f2.8 at is 6400 , we shoot 400 speed film at a comfy 1/250 f4. We dial the > light down purposly to avoid the players complaining our lights. > SNIP Gary, How are you lighting these? Strobes mounted in the ceilings with radio triggers or on stands? Also 1/250 with the EOS? I'm curious how you approach this as it's technique I'd like to have in my bag of tricks if I need it sometime. Also, pushed pix of gymnastics on web page looked real nice. How were they scanned and how much Photoshopping? - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/