 Dave |
Best film for use w/ tungsten filter Is there a certain speed film that is better than another when using a tungsten filter w/ daylight film to do indoor portrait work, i.e. is ISO 100 film better than, say, 400 film? up for the photos w/ umbrellas. No strobes. Also. . .any good books to recommend on portrait work? Thanks.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Tungsten filters usually suck up 2-3 stops of light so you will find that a faster film will give you more realistic shutter speeds with portraits. I would go with the 400 speed film.
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John A. Lind |
Dave, Not only do tungsten filters suck up the light (as Jeff points out), they also make it harder to see through the viewfinder (for composing and manually focusing). If your shoot will consume an entire roll, or very nearly one, consider using tungsten balance film instead of a tungsten filter with daylight balanced film. These are professional films. Kodak, Fuji and Agfa all make them. Between the big three manufacturers, there are a number of film speeds available in slide and print. Also consider using B/W film if that might be suitable. Light balancing with B/W is completely unnecessary unless the light source is very unusual, highly colored and you *want* to correct at least some of it for contrast. -- John
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