Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/21

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Subject: Re: Leica and blue
From: Craig and Barbara Shier <shier@mnsinc.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:02:08 -0400

I've noticed the same phenom with 35 summicron and Provia.  Admittedly
Provia is a moderately saturated film, but blue skies come out much deeper
than with my Nikon lenses.

>
>From: Howard Sanner <70357.3471@compuserve.com>
>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:24:22 -0400
>Subject: Leica and blue
>...
>
>   Blues, esp. the sky, seem to be *much* more saturated than I'm used to and 
>more than I remember with this film. (I never used to like it much, but the 
>camera shop down the street from the office sells packs of three 24 exp. 
>rolls for less than I can buy one roll of Royal Gold, and I don't like RG 
>three times better than VR.) However, the pictures don't have a blue cast 
>overall, and, in fact, I'd describe the colors as being well balanced and, 
>again, more saturated and with finer gradations than I remember VR being in 
>the past.
>
>   Am I experiencing some kind of "Leica thing"? Did I get an extra good 
>batch of Kodacolor VR? Is my opthalmology appointment overdue?
>
>   Thanks.
>
>                                          Howard Sanner
>                                          70357.3471@compuserve.com
Craig and Barbara Shier
Manassas, VA
shier@mnsinc.com