Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Kodak's Professional E6 Films
From: chefurka@sympatico.ca (Paul Chefurka)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 03:47:58 GMT

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:05:48 -0400, Andre Jean Quintal
<jupiter@abacom.com> wrote:

>	--> is there one of the new types that does not make everybody
>	look like caramel ? I notice some in women's fashion magazines
>	where skin colors are exactly like the people I meet
>	on the street but these never mention film type.
>	Ektachrome 64 ?
>	Or is it just professional lighting and color balancing ?

I've heard that Astia is the bee's knees for shooting people, because
of its very natural skin tones.  I've never tried it myself - I don't
shoot any chrome at all - but this is what I've gathered from a number
of reviews.

Paul Chefurka