From: marco poloni (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2009 - 09:33:05 PST
agree. primes are far better than zooms. i find that the 16mm lens is much closer to relaxed human vision. 25mm defines a tighter vision cone. at least this is so with super-16mm with its wider aspect ratio of 5 to 3.
marco
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>From: Nicky Hamlyn <email suppressed>
>Sent: Jan 7, 2009 11:01 AM
>To: email suppressed
>Subject: Re: 16mm/b&w
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>Really? For clarity use prime lenses (not zooms).Standard lens is 25 or
>26mm.
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>PLus X neg will be fine exposure wise. Double X is faster, and noticeably
>flatter and grainier.
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>Nicky Hamlyn.
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>Tom B Whiteside writes:
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>Any camera, any lens, any b&w film = the same.
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>> - Whiteside North Carolina
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>> Dear Frameworkers,
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>> I need some advice about shooting in 16mm b&w. I want to shoot mainly
>> landscapes and cloudy skies (no need for sync sound). Which camera, which
>> lenses and what sort of film stock would you recommend?
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>> Thanks
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>> Susana de Sousa Dias
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