Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, RUBEN BLĘDEL wrote: > Nathan - Not wanting to sound like an all-Agfa guy but have you tried > the RSX II slide 100 iso film. I started using it when I was shoting > paintings for some of my art books - somehow it was the only film on the > market that did not have an agressive varm yellow (kodak is almost > "orange" and fuji tends to overdue almost all colors) with the rsx II I > was able to make a picture of cool colours from lemon to lime without > the rest of the colours going stray. I like it too, Ruben. I tried to catch some of the subtle colors at Skagen this time of the year (about two weeks ago): http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-55935.html And the second one after that: http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-55933.html It doesn't surprize you ... by that I mean, you can pretty much count on it giving you what you think it will. These are not saturated shots but it was a "dull" day on a sandy beach ... there weren't a lot of colors to capture, but I wanted the ones that were there. I have too many M-bodies (for my needs now-a-days) and I'm thinking about keeping one of them loaded with this film. (I hear someone in the background here at home: I thought you didn't need color film anymore now that you have digital!) By the way, I used the iso 200 RSX. Daniel > Eventually this film became my > allround colour slide film and it is just as fine for portraits, nature > and arts- a little soft perhaps over all but it always deliver > pictures were I am comfortable with sending them of without being > there to tell a printer to look out for some colour cast > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > >Hi Phong, > > > >I also shot some without flash but did not post those. My conclusion remains > >that this film, like the slower Velvia, is best for landscapes and nature. For > >people I will stick with Provia 400F or E100G, depending on the light. > > > >Cheers, > >Nathan > > > >Phong wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi Nathan, > >> > >>Faces with Halloween makeup, shot with flash > >>hardly are a good test for natural skin tones. :-) > >>Not that I necessarily disagree with your conclusion. > >> > >>Cheers, > >> > >>- Phong > >> > >>Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I bought some Velvia 100F and shot a roll which I picked up yesterday. > >>>The results can be seen at: > >>> > >>>http://www.leica-gallery.net/wajsman/folder-5773.html > >>> > >>>I mixed landscape and people photos on this roll. From the results it is > >>> > >>>clear to me that this film is good for landscapes, flower close-ups and > >>>so on, but I don't think I will be using it for people pictures... > >>> > >>>All pics with the M7 and 35mm or 50mm Summilux as noted. > >>> > >>>Nathan > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Nathan Wajsman > >Almere, The Netherlands > > > >e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl > >Mobile: +31 630 868 671 > > > >Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html