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- From: goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: How can I take a good portrait picture?
- Message-ID: <27739@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 18:59:22 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.045134.12794@tellab5.tellabs.com>
- Reply-To: goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mark Goldberg)
- Followup-To: seong@tellabs.com
- Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, MD
- Lines: 28
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- In rec.photo, seong@tellabs.com (Scott Seong) writes:
- >I would like to take a good portrait pictures of my newborn baby. So far, I
- >didn't have any success.
- >[technical specifics deleted] The images weren't sharp enough for enlargement.
-
- Facing a similar shooting situation two years ago with the birth of
- my son, I used a Nikon 8008 autofocus camera with one of three AF lenses
- (in decsending order of frequency): 60mm f2.8 Micro, 35-135 f3.5/4.5zoom, and
- 20mm f2.8 AF. One of the doctors took the birth pix for me while I
- was attending my wife; he used the zoom. I used the 20 to get some
- overall shots of the room and people crowded around during visits.
- The 60mm weas perfect for nice, sensitive closeups portraits.
-
- Key to everything was Koday Ektapress 1600 film. It is the best of
- the fast films, IMHO. It handled a variety of lighting situations and
- color temepratures, ranging from high-intensity medical lights, to fluorescents
- and incandescents, to soft window light. I chose 1600 because of hospital
- request for no flash. All shots were in focus. The 60mm allowed me
- to hand hold at 1/60 at f2.8. I used 1/15 sec with the 20. THe zoom
- was at f4 at 1/60 to 1/125. The autofocus worked great.
-
- The film is somewhat grainy, but that added to the effect of the shots.
- Our single favorite shot is a c/u done with the 60mm. We have made
- many enlargements and it holds up quite well.
-
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