on 04/17/02 20:54, Rachel opined:
> I have heard so much conflicting opinions on film, film speed etc. that I
> thought I would order 20-30 rolls of all different film and different film
> speed and just experiment and see what I preferred to use that way.
It might make more sense to buy 20 rolls of one film, all the same batch
number, and shoot until you see what CAN be done with that type, then switch
to another in a month or so. In a year or less you will be very familiar
with a dozen types, and probably already have picked what's best for you in
most situation.
> At the moment I am shooting about 6 rolls of film per week and I am learning
> so much every time I go and pick up my photos.
> I keep a little note pad and make notes on which settings I have used for
> each shot so I know for next time what to increase or decrease.
Great discipline. Wish I'd adopted it when I was young. I use a Pearl and or
Radio Shack micro-cassette recorder with VOX (voice activation), and a $5.00
used transcription machine to cull the data when I need it. Problem is you
must clear your throat or cough or say uuuhhhh before you talk to get the
first word or two, and if you enter a noisy area (car, bus, crowd, ball
game, kids, etc.) the recorder will run constantly, running out of tape
moments before you take the best shot of the day, or your life. Then again,
you must devote a lot of time to transcribe the info into a database that
contains the thumbnails of your shots, or write on the back of a index sheet
if you get one, otherwise the back of a contact sheet.
>
> I do have a tripod and use that for when I am taking macro shots, I would be
> interested in any tips that you could offer me in regards to macro
> photography. Also is it correct that macro shots are better when using very
> slow film between 25-100 and also by using the smallest lens aperture
> possible?
If you do a lot of macro, and it seems you like it as most do, seeing things
as never before to show your friends and family, invest in a couple of
Neutral Density (ND) filters. They let you expose in your flash's range with
the lens set to it's optimum aperture.
It's true that lenses acuity falls off at smaller apertures, because the
light diffraction from the edges of the aperture blades becomes a larger
percentage of the total light that hits the film. But it's still good enough
if you are shooting a subject that requires sharpness throughout. But a
beetle or flower or leaf can be very well represented by having the edge of
the most attractive part sharp, and the rest falling off into a blur.
JoMac, Pentaxian
"Pentax, Quadraphonic, Betamax, Macintosh"
and above the rest.
k t,
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