Film for Golf Event

I have the opportunity to attend a PGA event in a couple of weeks and

would like opinions about negative film, particularly speed and

brand. I will be there from 6am until 6pm, but unfortunately I will

be most able to take pictures from noon onwards. I plan on bringing

two camera bodies (EOS5), 20-35mm f3.5/4.5 lens, 50mm f1.8 lens, 70-

200mm f4 lens, a monopod intermittently, and no flash. Would 100 ASA

film be too slow?

The weather and the sun cover are going to be the biggest factors in figuring out the film

speed. I shot a day of golf using FUJI NPZ 800 but that was on a day that was very overcast

and rainy. 800 might be too fast if it's full overhead sun and you want to use a large

aperature.

I found that Kodak Portra 400UC was the best choice for the PGA when it came to Rochester, NY. Due to the fine grain of the film and decent speed, I would feel that this would be better suited to the task than ISO 100 film. I found that most of my shooting occured either at the wide end stopped down, or on the tele end wide open. I really only used the 24mm stopped down, and the 300mm f-4 wide open. I was shooting on a slightly overcast and foggy day at around ISO 400, f-2.8-5.6 and with shutter speeds around 1/125-1/1000th, depending on if they were covered in the shade of the trees or in the open. To see what Portra 400UC looks like, some PGA images shot on it are at <a href="http://www.bradydillsworth.com" >BradyDillsworth.com</a>

I'd simply bring both 100 and 400 and take some test readings.

My preference would be for Agfa Optima 400 (or the consumer equivalent Vista) but if you like more saturated colours you can't really go wrong with 400UC.

 

Although those would be my prefernces I'd stick with whatever film you are familair with, or shooot several rolls of the film you choose before the PGA Event.

To start, I'll load up one camera with Kodak UC 400 and load the other camera with Agfa Vista 100 or Kodak Supra 800 depending on conditions when I get there. Thanks!

They don't make anymore any 100 ASA film. Try ebay for expired stuff :-)

I bought some non-expired Agfa Vista 100 at a Milwaukee camera store, "Mike Crivellos" a few weeks back. They had a bunch of it, but in 12 exposure rolls, if anyone needs some.

That can be found everywhere, it's 100 ISO, not ASA :-)