Re: [Leica] Film question

[Krechtz@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/31/00 12:04:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
austin@darkroom.com writes:

<< > Try a few rolls of Kodak's Portra 160 NC. 
 
 I second that John.  If I HAVE to use color, that's what my fridge is full 
of.  It scans very nicely too ;-)
  >>

I fully agree.  For informal event shooting, I have gone to 400 solely in 
order to minimize the effect and output of the usually small flash units I 
prefer to use.  This allows faster recycle and more shots on a set of 
batteries as well.  Moreover, these days people have become used to seeing 
the effect of more ambient light than flash in their photographs, probably as 
a result of automated fill flash on their p & s cameras.  I switched to 400 
in response to harsh criticism from a client of the dark backgrounds in my 
pictures of people on a stage.  The background otherwise would have been both 
ugly and, in my view, distracting, but she all but accused me of cheating her 
out of parts of the photos.  An extreme case, I grant, but no doubt an 
indication of things to come.

Joe Sobel