Which c41 film for nepal

[Sisyphus]

Faris,

I have learnt that it is highly advisable to use skylight 1a and/or polarizing
filters...would you recommend this? what is your experience with either
b&w and heliopan polarizers?

You will not need any polarizers or filters in Nepal. You are so high up that the film will automatically record the skies and the brillant clouds. However, with that being said, when I went to Tibet, I did use on some of the images an orange filter, but I didn't need it; based on the results of other images.

Have fun; I wish I could go. Maybe you want to trade places, I go to Nepal, and you take over all of my responsibilities?

When are you leaving btw?

 

[spkennedy3000]

I have been trekking through the Himalayas in Nepal, polarizers are good for the blue skies. I used Kodak gold 200 (awful) but with what I know now it would definitely be Portra 160 NC. Better more attractive (to me) colour, less grain, easier to scan... Have fun it is a fantastically photogenic place...

 

[faris]

Thanks again folks for coming through for me on this. I shall be there during
November 2008.

Some lovely pics here. beautiful.

If I may, which lens/es did you take and would recommend?

Gratefully.

 

[spkennedy3000]

In terms of lenses I used a canon 20-35mm lens most of the time - pretty awful most of the time with lots of distortion. Now 10 years later I have much better kit. I would go with a fast 50mm, a 90mm for portraits and compressed landscapes and a ultra-wide and wide - 15mm would have been really nice in some of the landscape situations. It is difficult to appreciate without having been there the sheer scale of the Himalayas, and to get them in a photo you need to go wide.

However my style of photography is wide so YMMV...

I will look forward to seeing your pics - I want to go back this year but might have to wait until next...

Glad you likedthe pics - here is the set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonkennedyphotography/sets/72157600374756748/

 

[35mmdelux]

I have been trekking through the Himalayas in Nepal, ...

great pix.