Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/25
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Adam-
Screw it. Use Black & White. Or have two bodies, one with B&W pushed around
800-1600asa.
("Color film is like seeing the movie. Black and white is like reading the
book." -Clay Blackmore)
Regards,
Bob (who may be going to Paris, but envys the Olympic Trials Guy!) Keene
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:17:19 -0500
>From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] filters/choices for shoot at indoor pool
>
>Adam:
>
>When I was shooting news film back in the 70's we had a chart on the
>darkroom wall that showed the filtration and exposure for every high school
>gym in the area. (We shot a lot of basketball.) They varied all over the
>place. Often the 85 was right, other times it was a 40-R or even no filter.
>The film was tungsten balanced. Then we switched from Fuji to Kodak film
>and suddenly none of the filtration worked. I guess the moral is that you
>have to do some tests. Color neg film should be correctable in the print.
>Tranny film will be harder especially since its hard to find a 1-hour lab
>that does chromes.
>
>Mike D
>
>- -----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Bridge <abridge@idea-processing.com>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:55 PM
>Subject: [Leica] filters/choices for shoot at indoor pool
>
>
>>I'm going to the USA Swimmming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis this August.
>The
>>facility is indoors and artificially lighted. I'll be shooting my M6 with a
>50mm
>>f2 and a 90mm lens.
>>
>>I have no idea of how to correct for the color temperature of the pool
>lighting.
>>Because I'm an official I'll have access to the deck. I'll be shooting
>>photographs of the officials to accompany a video piece my son and I will
>be
>>shooting at the same time. So I'll be very close.
>>
>>Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thank you!
>>
>>Note: it's not Paris, but going to Trials for me is a really Big Deal.
>>
>>ab
>>