I really don't think you can beat Tri-X, but then I haven't played much
with HP5 Plus, APX 400 or Neopan. I've seen some shots on
rangefinderforum.com of Tri-X pushed to ridiculous ISOs that really
impressed me, so it's flexible.
That said... WHAT'S ONE MORE BODY? Take the OM-2n too ... it's small!
Earl
R. Jackson wrote:
>I'm getting ready to spend a couple of weeks on the road doing more
>shooting on my documentary. I'm really taking too much camera
>equipment with me. I have 9 road cases full of stuff that pretty much
>has to go with me. I wasn't going to take a still camera along, but
>I'm finding myself unable to abandon the idea of shooting some
>production stills. I think I'm just going to take one body and a lens
>or two. I'm thinking of taking the 90mm F2 Macro and the 18mm F3.5
>and probably the OM-4T body. The 90 because it does that creamy bokeh
>thing with portraits and the 18 because it's so wide that it offers
>kind of a surreal view of the stuff that will be getting a more
>conventional treatment in the moving images. Anyway, I'm going to be
>shooting inside and outside in various kinds of light and I was
>thinking of just taking a fast B&W film as a catch-all. Normally I
>load the 2n with B&W and the 4T with color, but I just can't force
>myself to take that much more stuff.
>
>Anyway, suggestions and anecdotes are very welcome. I've got a couple
>of weeks before go-time, so I have time to get stock here from about
>anywhere.
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