Originally posted by bobbotron Tbh, I don't think I want to put the effort into getting nice stills of people climbing. I've always wanted to take a fisheye and point it straight up in our gym - the main rooms have these huge vaulted ceilings, I was thinking it would be really neat to document it with a slow speed film... I would love to take some fisheye photos from the top of a rope, but the gym owners would rightfully have a fit.
The friends didn't pose for the shot, they never do. Hence the tricky part
For the fish-eye on a rope, it means being really close to the climber, on a place were you won't bother him (like the anchor ?) - if you want to fill the frame. But the rest of the gym will appear, but it will be hard to make it interesting (composition-wise) IMHO.
To give you an idea, this is 35mm film, with the DA35/2.4, 1/60, iso 800, (we have a huge window on the gym). i was at 1,60m away from the climber, and be closer would had been nice, but i would have prevent him from doing some of the mouvements.
The more i do this, the more i think a good 50 to 150 is the way to go, if you are outside. inside a good 15-85mm is the best way to get all you want, no mater the gym, boulder or sport-climbing.