> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of William Robb > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Wedding photographing > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Petter Jarbo > Subject: Wedding photographing > > > > > > > I need your advice dear friends. > > 1. What should I think of when the big day comes? > > Emigrating. > > 2. What film do you recommend? I will concentrate on portraits > of bride > > and groom, some pictures from the ceremony and a lot of > digital from the > > party. > > I am fond of Kodak Portra 160VC. Ant pro oriented film will do, > though. They are all good. > Forget digital, the lag time is too great to catch any sort of > fleeting moments. I've been playing around a bit (3000+ picture) with the Olympus E-10. I find it acceptible regarding lag. It's not up to the MZ-S in handling, but what is? <g>
> > > > 3. I've got the opportunity to rent a Hasselblad 500C with > Planar 80 and > > Sonnar 150 for the weekend for ~US$30. I've never used a > MF-camera and > > only once touched the Hassie. Do you think I could "learn" the > Hassie in > > a day and use it with any success the big day or should I > concentrate on > > what I really know? > > And what I really know is my MZ-S with 28-105/3,2-4,5, > A-50/1,7, Takumar > > 135/2,5, Zenitar 16/2.8 and, of course, my beloved backup > Program-A. > > The hardest part about learning the Hasselblad is learning how > to use the square format to its best advantage. OTOH, the > picture quality is to die for. > > > > The reason they asked me in the first place is probably money. > Both the > > bride and groom are students and can't afford a professional > > photographer (can easily be US$500 here in Sweden) I've got > about US$150 > > to spend and that includes developing. > > That budget might make the medium format too extravagent, unless > you want to make a gift of soem of the costs. I am a little keen on trying the Hassie. I might rent it for my own money and try it anyway. Could always take some great pictures of my newborn son. > > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
