Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gabe wrote: > > Hello all. > > I love Velvia and now I'm looking for a slide film that I will love as > much that is faster and will do wonders for skin tone. Gabe, Pretty simple. E100s. For warmer: E100SW. Both beautiful films. Very sharp and the S has just creamy skin tones for caucasions. The SW is a little yellow/red, but not so beet red as Velvia, yet has nearly the intense color saturation. In my opinion, Astia is better than Velvia on skin tones, but has a coldness like provia and sensia--films I have never liked, but which many pros swear by. So taste. I believe all portraits shown on my web site were shot with E100s except one that was done with no defunct (but a favorite of mine) Lumiere. But all boating pix on Velvia. Nothing is as cheap, in the long run, as film testing to see what you like. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com