Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!csu-cs!silver From: silver@csu-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.photo,net.med Subject: Re: photography in an operating room? Message-ID: <2348@csu-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 14:46:48 EDT Article-I.D.: csu-cs.2348 Posted: Thu Aug 4 14:46:48 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Aug-83 15:36:17 EDT References: ulysses.523 Lines: 17 1: Film speed IS a problem. If it is bright enough to use anything less than 400 ASA, and perhaps even then, you will, as Leboyer says, "bring the infant into the world not blind, but blinded." Observe it closely soon after birth and you may notice it squinting. If you are kind, you will plan ahead for darkness. 2: The answer is, don't use the right filter; use the right room. Go to a hospital with an ABC (Alternate Birthing Center) room that has a window complete with adjustable blinds, and you can photograph a dark, quiet, natural birth by natural light. Sorry if I sound like a militant. After photographing the birth of my daughter last May I was sold on the above advice. Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"