erik_eilers

Hey All!

I am heading on a trip to South Africa in November, and will be

doing a cage dive with Great White Sharks. I have a 20D, but I cannot

afford a new housing for it for one trip. Dose anyone know if there

is a place to rent a water housing for a 20D in the Cape Town area??

Otherwise, I am stuck with an underwater disposable:(

Thanks for any information

Erik Eilers

www.erikmeilers.com

Leave the flash at home! I just got back from Antarctica, but was on the Ross Sea side. There was so much ice around that it all aacted as a big white reflector. I bought a 550ex for the trip, and didn't use it once. We had 24 hours of daylight, but were a bit more south then the pennisula side. We had quite a bit of snow. The penguins were great. Be careful about your exposure...easy to mess up with all the snow around.

Have a great trip, especially in Chile!!! Another dream trip for me!!

Erik

LIke alan said,

The crop factor is just a crop. There is no extra magnification just because the sensor is smaller than film. So a 10-22 has the photo footprint of a 16-35, but the magnification of a 10-22. Meaning if you took an image of a person at the same distance with a 10-22 set at say 15mm, with film then with digital at the same settings, and compared the two images at the same scale, the people will be the same size, but the film will have a larger footprint because of size of the film.

Alan, chill out! 35mm film has been around a lot longer than digital, and people are going to be comparing it to that for years to come.

Hope this helps Linda

Erik

I need a high resolution camera system that will allow me to connect

it to a computer and control the shutter and settings via the

computer. This system will also have to have the capability to

preview, on the computer screen, what the camera is looking at

before the shot is taken. It is for a research trip to the

anarctic. The camer will be mounted outside an aircraft, and will

need to be controlled from within the aircraft.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks a bunch for the help guys. It looks like I am going to pack up a bunch of Provia 400...I am a little scared to take 800 through the scanners at the airport. What 800 speed film is good for that sort of stuff...color rendition and grain???

Thanks for the help!

Greetings -

I am heading down to Coast Rica at the end of Feb. and will be doing

quite a bit of hiking in and around Corcovado. I am having trouble

trying to figure out what film to shoot for the rainforest? I will

be bringing a bunch of Velvia for places which aren't so dark, but I

have never shot in the rainforest, and am not sure if velvia is

going to be fast enough? I do have a tripod, and will be using

various lenses that all open up to f4 aperature. I will have a

550ex flash unit but no extender for it. How does the Provia 400

hold up in these conditions? If it pushes well, it think it

wouldn't over do the greens in the rainforest???

How do you guys think Velvia 100 would do pushed? I think it is ok

processed normally, but haven't had a chance to push it yet???

Thanks for the help.

Erik

I am heading down to Manzanillo Mexico in a week, and will be there

for a few days before heading out on a research ship. I was wondering

if anyone has been there, and had some good photo tips for the area?

I have never been to mainland mexico, but am very excited, especially

since work is paying for it. I like to shoot pretty much anything

from landscapes and street scenes to candids and sports. I hope I

kand find some help out there...thank you.

Erik

I am going on a trip to Joshua Tree National Park, and was curious as

to what film would be better? I plan on taking both Velvia 50 and

E100VS. Which would be a better film for the desert colors? I am

leaning more towards e100vs for the warm colors of the desert. I am

hoping to see some pretty spetacular evening and morning light over

some beautiful country. Just want to hear other's opinions on good

desert films.

Thanks

Erik