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- From: Jimmy.Tung@dartmouth.edu (Jimmy Tung)
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- Subject: Re: candids
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 21:25:54 GMT
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- > I think that I may be overly polite for this kind of thing. Should I ask
- > people before I take a shot? Tell them what it's for?
-
- Personally, the hardest thing is to get started -- once you start
- taking shots, either people ignore you (eg you are madly taking shots
- during a banquet or meeting or whatever) or you become less
- self-conscious. If anybody asks, tell 'em it's for the yearbook - a
- perfectly legitimate, if somewhat predictable, publication.
-
- > I will be buying a x-300mm for EOS 650 ...
-
- As somebody else has pointed out, 300 mm can be hard to hand-hold.
- Also, the cheaper 300's are usually slower than an equally priced
- 70-210. But, if you have the bucks, or envision other uses that need
- the extra 100 mm ... Sorry, I can't be more definite, but I am also
- trying to decide which to get, if I ever get some spare change. The
- 70-135 mm range will be good for "portraits", without getting in their
- face.
-
- > Sits: 1) someone is in the library ... (small, open cubicle)
- > 2) a group of people are eating in the caf.
- > and 3) your prof is lecturing.
-
- Again, like someone else mentioned, all these could be shot with 400
- speed film, probably at f/4 or bigger at 1/15 - 1/125. You could do
- this easily with a handheld 50 mm lens, esp. if the school is picking
- up the tab for film lost due to camera shake, and some loss of
- sharpness will not be particularly noticable in the normal
- yearbook-sized prints (assuming you don't play with the enlarger too
- much to crop and zoom ;-) ). You might have a zoom as fast as f/2.8,
- but most of the less expensive Canon zooms are f/3.5 - f/5.6, -- so a
- tripod, monopod, convenient ledge, wall, etc. will have to be handy.
-
- So I guess I'd recommend just getting out there with your prime 50 mm.
- The long lens may make you feel less intrusive, but if you are feeling
- self-conscious, standing off and shooting with a 300 mm will mean you
- need the faster film speed or tripod [even less subtle than the
- camera], the space (unless you want to be *real* up-close and personal)
- [you'll probably standing away from everybody], and you'll have this 6
- inch piece of glass hanging off your camera and pointed *at* someone
- [arggh, I'm under survellance]. I'd feel pretty conspicuous. People
- will soon get used to you and your camera, unless you get to be
- *really* annoying [let's see the ol' cafe lunch, 10 sec after ingestion
- ...]
-
- In any case, get out there and take pics. Almost free film and
- processing, what else could a budding photographer ask for ...
-
- Just my $.02...
-