I am going to be visiting New Zealand and Australia in Nov of this year and I have been told to use 200 speed film for my 35mm camara due to the brightness of the sun. I know that I will take indoor shots and 200 speed is not the best for indoor. Thanks for any help

LovesLondon

Im from New Zealand and have done photography for years. If you just want 'happy snappies' use a 100 - 200 film, if you want excellent quality or fast action film {which you may need depending on what you are planning to do } you need to use at least a 400 hundred film. Personally I have never found problems with sun brightness using any of the above films in both Aussie and NZ.
N.B if you are going in winter especially NZ then a flash would be a good thing, whilst scenery is picturesque a flash is needed for altimate capturing.
When I take photos in Aussie or NZ I usually use 200 film, your pretty safe with that

happy travelling

>>a flash is needed for altimate capturing. <<

Sorry, what does "altimate capturing" mean?

Regards,

Chris

Chris perhaps it's a typo and the word is ultimate

I thought that too, but it doesn't seem to fit in with the meaning of the sentence. If you want to capture high-speed action, wouldn't use you high-speed film? I don't see the relevence of a flash to the subject!

Apologies if I'm missing something obvious.

Regards,

Chris

Just back from Hawaii where the sun was very bright (near the Equator around the time of the Equinox). Made no difference for image speed. Take 400 if you prefer that speed-especially indoors-and the extra stop of speed means you will shoot one stop faster outdoors.

In fact, plentiful light outdoors will give you better quality of prints on ISO 400 film.

Glenn
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hey
im from australia. all i use in cameras is the 400 speed film, coz it produces a better colour pic.