Gary Schloss wrote:
>First, I'd probably choose for the task an OM-4 body, set it in
>Auto mode, and fire away. In my experience, the OM-4 exposure
>automation is so dead-on, esp. with print film, that I'd feel
>very confident to rely on it even in such unique circumstances.
I only trust Auto mode on concert shooting if I can get close enough to
frame the artists. The 280 mm focal length was way to short on this
occasion and there was no way to come closer (unless I would have
bought field tickets and would be prepared to settle in front of the
stadium a few hours before the start of the concert - I'm not that
phanatic; besides if I would stand in front I certainly would have been
caught). All Auto mode would have registered, is the overall effect of
the light show. Artists standing in spotlights would constantly have
been burnt out. Besides, I would trust Auto mode only with a way faster
film; I felt the 800 and 1600 ASA still being a few stops too slow when
the light show was not at its brightest: you don't want the shutter sp
eed to drop below 1/250 with such a long lens; the stringpod
construction is not that reliable; besides Mick Jagger hardly stands
still on stage.
>Finally, a question to Hans: man, what were you smoking? :-)
I don't need yet another drug; I already suffer enough from
Zuikohololism and Olympadictism :-(
"You can't always get wat you want. But if you try, sometimes, you get
what you need."
Hans
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