Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------FCAC6A87A45B93EC4DD40535 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Giorgio, Perhaps you got a faulty batch of Velvia, or perhaps its characteristics simply do not please you. I do not think there is universal agreement that Velvia is the best slide film. A lot of people like its saturated colours and fine detail (as you would expect in such a slow film). A lot of other people hate the colours of Velvia and prefer more neutral films like Astia or Kodachrome. To each his/her own. Nathan Giorgio Ferrari wrote: > Dear LUGgers,I have a question for you; in most of yours E-mail I > can read about your love for the Fuji Velvia film.Are you sure? Is it > really the same film that I can found on the Italian market?I have > always think that a good film represent a mix of sharpness, real > contrast and natural colours, to agree with our visible sensations.But > Velvia is just another thing!!!!!! Too much high contrast, green > shadows, heavy colors.....were is the hi-fi of this film?I think that > Astia is much better than Velvia in any conditions of use, with good > sharpness, good contrast with a fantastic range of colours.Are you > sure that Velvia is really the best? Giorgio Ferrari > "fergio@galactica.it" - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html Belgium photo page: http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html - --------------FCAC6A87A45B93EC4DD40535 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> Giorgio, <P>Perhaps you got a faulty batch of Velvia, or perhaps its characteristics simply do not please you. I do not think there is universal agreement that Velvia is the best slide film. A lot of people like its saturated colours and fine detail (as you would expect in such a slow film). A lot of other people hate the colours of Velvia and prefer more neutral films like Astia or Kodachrome. To each his/her own. <P>Nathan <P>Giorgio Ferrari wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <STYLE></STYLE> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Dear LUGgers,I have a question for you; in most of yours E-mail I can read about your love for the Fuji Velvia film.Are you sure? Is it really the same film that I can found on the Italian market?I have always think that a good film represent a mix of sharpness, real contrast and natural colours, to agree with our visible sensations.But Velvia is just another thing!!!!!! Too much high contrast, green shadows, heavy colors.....were is the hi-fi of this film?I think that Astia is much better than Velvia in any conditions of use, with good sharpness, good contrast with a fantastic range of colours.Are you sure that Velvia is really the best?</FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Giorgio Ferrari</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>"<A HREF="mailto:fergio@galactica.it">fergio@galactica.it</A>"</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Nathan Wajsman <BR>Overijse, Belgium <P>General photo page: <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html">http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html</A> <BR>Belgium photo page: <A HREF="http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm">http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm</A> <BR>Motorcycle page: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html">http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html</A> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> - --------------FCAC6A87A45B93EC4DD40535--