You can buy colour and
b&w film locally but we recommend you bring your favourite film
(especially if you use 120). About 20 -25 35mm films should
see you through a week. From a teaching point of view slide film
has distinct advantages over negative.
Don't
bring too many 50 ISO films if you use zoom lenses with f
stops of 4/ 5.6 as the film is too slow to use all the time and you
may tire of using a tripod especially if shooting people.
If you want to print
black and white during your stay we recommend you use Ilford XP2 (
or Kodak equivalent). This can be C41 processed in 24 hours locally so you
can be printing the following evening. We supply all darkroom
materials.
Your camera
instruction
manual
is always useful if you are not over familiar with your camera.
A polarizer or at
the very least a skylight (UV) filter, is always useful in Mediterranean
light. An orange filter if you intend to use black and white.
And a warm filter ( 81 A or 81 B) if using colour slide.
Gradual filters (neutral
grey not coloured) are good for both digital and film.
Cable release
A small flash unit
both for fill-in and also ill-lit places like Etruscan tombs! How to
get the best out of your flash is one of the things we like to
demonstrate.
A tough, lightweight, compact
tripod (with a ball head and quick release plate is best) and a
robust camera bag ( a back-pack is even better). We have
some 35mm cameras and lenses available plus various medium-format,
wide-format, and field cameras
Small slide viewer
Bring a notebook and
a point-and-shoot
with 200 negative film or a digital - it can be useful for happy-snapping
A pocket
torch/flashlight
A sturdy
pair of walking shoes or boots and reasonably thorn-proof
trousers (some
places can be fairly inaccessible). Shorts are not advisable in the
field. We suggest a hat and a pocket-sized waterproof
cape - it does rain in Italy!
Last
but not least - swimming costume!
