Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 15-11-1998 11:17 Erwin Puts wrote: >This statement is too heavy. Fuji films are excellent and the sharpness of >the Velvia (still the sharpest in the Fuji line-up) is only second to the >Kodachrome pair. If you look at colour rendition opinions vary widely. Not >everyone likes Kodachrome. I used Velvia for my testing many years. But the >additional sharpness of Kodachrome, including its capacity for recording >fine fine colour hues with infinite gradation match the performance >characteristics of Leica. The recent Nov issue of the German magazine ColorFoto tested the new Kodachrome Select Series 25 and 64 against Fuji Velvia, Agfa RSX II 50 Prof, and Kodak Ektachrome 64 Prof. The sharpest film is Kodachrome 25 (18.5/20), then Velvia (18), Kodachrome 64 (17), and both others (15). Velvia has the finest grain (11.5/15), then both Kodachromes and Agfa (10), and Ektachrome (9). The best marks for color fidelity goes to Ektachrome (23/30), then both Kodachromes (22.5), Agfachrome (21), and Velvia (19.5). FWIW. I have used Kodachrome 25 and 64 a couple of times in the past. Although I liked the sharpness, there was simply not enough color. The images looked boring. Since then I have switched to Fuji Sensia, Velvia and Provia. Especially the last two are my favorites. The subjective feeling of sharpness one gets with Velvia can not be matched by any other slide film. It is the combination of very high sharpness and color saturation which gives you the impression of cutting-knife sharpness. In view of Erwin's remarks, it looks like the right time to try again the new version Kodachromes to see if they have changed. Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>