Wedding - which 35mm films to use

I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access
to refrigeration. Any thoughts?


ye, I suggest you drink your beer prior to the trip, but do not drink and
drive...
....and use nothing less than ISO400.

I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access
to refrigeration. Any thoughts?


ye, I suggest you drink your beer prior to the trip, but do not drink and
drive...
....and use nothing less than ISO400.

hba1c wrote:

I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down
the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking
Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also
thinking a roll of Reala.

AFAIK, Portra is available as 100T (made to match tungsten lighting
colour temp), 160 NC/VC, 400, NC/VC and 800.

So watch out when buying the film. You don't want to end up using
tungsten film for flash pictures (you pictures will come out blue). You
might want it for available light though, which makes me wonder why
nobody makes a *fast* tungsten film...?

hba1c wrote:

I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down
the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking
Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also
thinking a roll of Reala.

AFAIK, Portra is available as 100T (made to match tungsten lighting
colour temp), 160 NC/VC, 400, NC/VC and 800.

So watch out when buying the film. You don't want to end up using
tungsten film for flash pictures (you pictures will come out blue). You
might want it for available light though, which makes me wonder why
nobody makes a *fast* tungsten film...?

Erik Dahlbäck wrote:

AFAIK, Portra is available as 100T (made to match tungsten lighting
colour temp), 160 NC/VC, 400, NC/VC and 800.

Sloppy me... Forgot 400UC.

Erik Dahlbäck wrote:

AFAIK, Portra is available as 100T (made to match tungsten lighting
colour temp), 160 NC/VC, 400, NC/VC and 800.

Sloppy me... Forgot 400UC.

Partially correct, Its called a Video Color Negative Analyzer.
Various other companies besides Kodak have produced them.

In article ,
Randall Ainsworth wrote:

In article ,
Gregory Blank wrote:

Means the lab uses a device that allows them to see
the image as a positive image before printing. All color
and contrast adjustment is done, similar to how
you would do it in Photoshop. End result still depends
on the operators perception and how closely they
are paying attention. Perhaps no better or worse than
a good mini lab were someone actually cares.

I hate to get technical here, but it's called a VCNA - Kodak Video
Color Negative Analyzer.

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

Partially correct, Its called a Video Color Negative Analyzer.
Various other companies besides Kodak have produced them.

In article ,
Randall Ainsworth wrote:

In article ,
Gregory Blank wrote:

Means the lab uses a device that allows them to see
the image as a positive image before printing. All color
and contrast adjustment is done, similar to how
you would do it in Photoshop. End result still depends
on the operators perception and how closely they
are paying attention. Perhaps no better or worse than
a good mini lab were someone actually cares.

I hate to get technical here, but it's called a VCNA - Kodak Video
Color Negative Analyzer.

--
LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

In article ,
says...
In article , Marc 182
wrote:

1. Don't do it.

An option. Leaves the couple with snaps taken with disposable plastic
cameras scattered around. Do you really think that's a better result
than what an interested and alert amateur can produce with a good 35mm?

OK, screw it up and make enemies for life.

2. Use medium format.

Not an option. They don't have the money to pay for that. Sometimes
people just can't afford your snobbery.

It's not snobbery, but then you amateurs just wouldn't understand.

I wish they would take safety warning labels off of things and allow
the idiots of the world to kill themselves.

THAT snobbery.

Marc

"zeitgeist" wrote in message
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Two of my friends are getting married. They don't have the funds to
hire a photographer so they were just going to put disposable cameras
around and use those photos. They asked me to take a few shots. By
chance I have studio equipment (Photogenic PowerLights®, Photogenic
PhotoMaster). I was planning to take some posed shots with my studio
lights before the ceremony. The want a shot coming down the aisle and
just two or three during the ceremony. I can use flash when the are
coming down the aisle but not during the ceremony. I don't know what
the lighting situation is in the church.

I was planning on taking Portra 100NC for the posed shots, coming down
the aisle, and some candid shots at the reception. I was thinking
Portra 400NC or Porta 800 for during the ceremony. I was also
thinking a roll of Reala.

They know to take what the get since I am not a professional. Without
me, they will not have much of anything so...

I will be traveling 250 miles the day before and I may not have access
to refrigeration. Any thoughts?

refrigeration is not that critical, do you think they ship it across the
country through deserts and the plains in refrigerated trucks? I think
not.

I do think they use air conditioned trucks, however. I know that I used to
repair office machinery at Berkovitch cigars in Oakland. they were a
middleman for candy bars and cigarettes and film. They had a nice air
conditioned warehouse for all their goodies before they shipped them out in
local trucks and vans to the local stores. I think car air conditioning is
good enough for film.....