This ceremony is for wape of great buddha image once a year. Many cameramen come for shotting, but it is very hard to take good one. Because the use of tripod is prohibited and the floating dust in the air reflect the light of strobo. At result you'd better choice the high sensitive film and the lens with big caliber. I introduce you my setting as follows: ISO400 sentitozed to ISO1600, the use of zoom lens 80-200mm, Iris f2.8, Shutter speed 1/125 sec. Manual focus, holding in my hand.
It may be better to fix the camera to a column of the hall unless you can use the lense with a big caliber. Maybe you can get 1 or 2 better range of iris. -Reference: All my photos for Wape of great big buddha-

Wape of great buddha image, Toudai_temple

Aug. 7 2004
Manual_Focus Lens80-200mm
RHP�V sensitized to ISO1600

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