Kodak Professional B&W 400 is not my favorite black
& white film but this shot of my son Ian taken with it shows the kind of tonal
range possible when using high speed black & white film to shoot available
light portraits.
Personally, I think Kodak TX-400 and Ilford HP-5 both do a
better job than the Pro B&W 400 but this shot taken with my 35mm Promaster
body and the 50mm f1.8 lens wide open with a shutter speed of 1/15 second,
displays some of the possibilities of with this kind of picture.
This was a hand held shot so the general rule that you must
have a tripod for anything less than 1/60 second is a good guideline to use but
not always true. If you don’t have a tripod handy and the shot is there – take it!
You may be surprised at what you can get.
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