P3D Shooting Rhinos in the Dark

[Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Free advice needed:
A fellow I know - let's call him Mick Jagger - is going to be moving away
from Milwaukee in a couple of months, and is scrambling to stereograph all
the unique Milwaukee things he has always meant to shoot, but didn't yet.

One such subject is the famous collection of dioramas in the Milwaukee
Public Museum, lifelike 3D scenes ranging from full-size to miniature,
depicting in remarkable detail creatures and cultures from all parts of
the globe.

The museum allows tripods and amazingly, flash.  Mick is equipped with two
5P stereo cameras, one modern "smart" SLR with 35-80mm zoom and tungsten
filter, one quick release tripod, a slide bar, and cable releases for each
camera.  That's all.  Most exhibits are behind glass, some are not. 
Reflections on the glass are generally not bad, by design.  He doesn't
intend to shoot every diorama - just the coolest ones.  There is very dim,
but dramatic, available light in the museum.  No special access is being
granted - he has to shoot from the regular viewing areas used by all the
other visitors.  He knows when the crowds are not there.
 
What film should Mick take?  What speed?  Print or slide?  Or both?  Which
film in which cameras?  Should he shoot the small dioramas with a normal
base or try to use a reduced base to "scale them up"?  What would you do?
Any pitfalls to watch for?

Time is slipping away....

Bruce




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