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From: josephs@ttidcb.UUCP (Bill Josephs)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Photographing during Childbirth
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 10:00:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 19 10:00:11 1986
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     I don't remember seeing a discussion of the subject of camera and film
selection for photographing a birth, but my wife is due in about a month
and I'm planning on using a Nikon FA with 35-200 f3.4/f4.5 Tokina lens and
a Nikon SB-16 flash (bounce -- direct -- should be good for highlighting
eyes (if they're open) and for not blinding the baby).  I'm not sure about
film (I've been told to forget color -- newborns don't look good in color
-- blood and overall blueness doesn't look too appealing).  For black and
white, I'd be most comfortable with TRI-X (having used it for lo! these
last 30 years or so) but ILFORD can be processed by local 1 hour places for
fast fast turnaround.  TRI-X takes 4 days or so.

     What are people's experiences?  Thanks in advance.

						Bill Josephs
						TTI
						Santa Monica, Ca. 90405