Night Photography

[dinkel]

I'm gonna take up night photography again. After 4 years of family pics and all . . . Pentax MZ5 with a 28-70 zoom and a '83 2.8/135mm . . .

Which film should I use? I'm thinking of 25-100 ASA color without use of filtering . . . I've a nice alu tripod and a thread shutter. Pics of gasstations, buildings, alleys in lamppost light and all that . . . I used to make 3 pics: actual exposure time and x2 and x4.

No, I'll leave the digital thing cos I don't have the money for the Canon or Pentax stuff.

Thanx.

[simpo two]

I'd have thought that for low light you'd want a fast film, not a slow one - or is grain an issue?

Maybe tungsten film would help to counter the warmth of reciprocity failure at low shutter speeds?

[dinkel]

Grain is not the issue cos time is on my side. I want some decent contrast and full colours. High asa film doesn't give that . . .

[simpo two]

Righto then.

[V6GTO]

Fuji Velvia... it really can't be beaten (and that's coming from my brother-in law who works for Kodak)

Martin.

[dinkel]

Fuji Velvia:
www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/proPhotoProductVelvia.jsp

Slides I love that, but prints are a bit of a hassle.

[V6GTO]

dinkel said:

Fuji Velvia: www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/proPhotoProductVelvia.jsp Slides I love that, but prints are a bit of a hassle.

They're much better for storage, and are easily scanned to a 'puter so you can order on-line and get them delivered to your door in any size!
Nothing can beat the punch of a top quality slide projected through a top quality lens!

Martin.

[dinkel]

Totaly agree. I've got loads of Kodachrome 64s . . . and some Cibachromed . . . Yum stuff. All 80s.

Made me think . . . Thanx.

[markbarton]

If you'd rather have film than slides, I was recommended Fuji Reala (have shot a bunch, but not got round to having any developped yet )

[beano500]

If you want colour negative film, I've got a 5-pack of Superia 100 (out of date) and a few odd ones and a Superia 400 (in date) lying here ready for me to stick on e-bay along with a few other 135s. In fact I've also got a couple of Velvias and some Neopan by the looks of it...

As long as you cover the postage costs, you can have them for "practice" - email me through profile....

[dinkel]

I'm thinking Kodachrome 64-ish and a slide-scanner . . . So I can keep my MZ in working order. Made some stuff last night . . . on color neg / next week I'll have some scans from prints / which is a hassle off course . . .

Thanx for the feedback guys!

[dinkel]

Just saw a nice 399 euro Minolta dia slide scanner . . . Any of you have experience with such a device? 3200 dpi so an a3 format print . . .