Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to Henning and others for their feedback on these films. I obviously have to try them to know what they'll look like under various lighting conditions. Bud - ----- Original Message ----- From: Henning J. Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com > > I find that VS has better skin reproduction than Velvia, mainly due to its > lower contrast. The colour saturation is as high, but the contrast is > lower, and as is typical of Kodak films, the toe is longer so you don't > have the blocked up shadows as readily as with Velvia. Conversely, VS > doesn't hold the highlights as well as Velvia. As a result, while Velvia is > a true 50 ISO film, you're best off shooting it at 32 or 40 EI, while VS > can be shot at 100. > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >