Available light photography is a trend dating back to the late 1940s. The idea was to take advantage of the ambient light when making photos indoors under poor light conditions, without using a flash. This would preserve the atmosphere and mood of the situation. Photographers would use high speed black and white 35mm film. That the photograph would turn out grainy was not considered a disadvantage, but rather the style of the photograph. View a photo from that period at the bottom of this page.

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Images 1 to 4 were taken with the Nikon D80, images 5 and 6 with the Nikon D700. Note that the images taken with the D700 are less grainy than those taken with the D80 although the sensitivity was set higher. Technical details below the images.

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Camera used and technical details below the images.

At a café in Vienna

I took this photograph 1956 at a small café in Vienna. The camera used was an Exakta SLR with a ZEISS 50mm 1:1.4 lens, the film was an Ilford 1600 ASA. (Scanned from my 296 x 220 mm enlargement.) Back to top of this page.

Images copyright 1956 - 2010 by G.W.Schnell. All rights reserved.

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