Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/01

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Shooting Xmas trees at night - ?
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Thu Dec 1 16:21:49 2005
References: <438F7895.6080601@adrenaline.com> <BFB4FBF8.91AC%bdcolen@comcast.net>
 
B.D. How would different cards have different dynamic ranges etc. Would it 
just be a function of the camera's sensor? The cards are just storage 
devices?

At 04:14 PM 12/1/2005, B. D. Colen wrote:

>I'd suggesting using Lexar or SanDisk CF - great exposure range and color
>fidelity. Take a couple of test shots, adjust your exposure, and away you
>go!
>
>Oh, you mean using filum? No reciprocity issues as you won't need that long
>an exposure, assuming that you're using reasonably fast film - don't forget
>you're shooting lights. Assuming you're using 400 iso film - or 800 - I
>don't think you're even going to need a tripod. Start shooting at maybe f2
>at 1/60th, and go down from there.

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
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In reply to: Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] OT: Shooting Xmas trees at night - ?)
Message from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] OT: Shooting Xmas trees at night - ?)