Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My film of choice is color neg. Fuji 800 or 1600. You'll need a spot meter to do your light metering. Good luck! Alberto Simon Lamb wrote: > > I will be photographing the school play for our local school which will be > held in an assembly hall. I have been told that there will be no light > apart from the stage spotlights, which I assume will be halogen. > > Can anyone share their experience of working in such lighting with regard to > the best type of film. I will probably take an ISO800 film (colour neg) > with my M6, the 35 f/2, 50mm f/2 and Noctilux. I expect to be no less than > thirty feet from the stage and possibly further back than that. I have a > some Portra 800 and Supra 800 in the fridge at home, but I am open to being > guided by those who have worked in these conditions and have real world > experience of different types of film. > > Many thanks. > > Simon