Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Artwork photos: Ektachrome 100?
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:26:45 -0700

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> At 10:06 PM 9/9/99 -0400, Andrew Moore wrote:
> >I hear that Ektachrome 100 m ight be a better choice, if used outdoors in
> >daylight.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Likely true. Any time you use skylight (the cyan light reflected off the
> sky) isn't going to work. And Kodachrome is definitely not the film to use.
> Professional Ektachrome (stay away from the saturated and warm tone
> versions) is probably the best choice. It tends to be the most accurate in
> rendering color. But you might be better off using flash, rather than
> daylight directly, which can be quite harsh.
> 
> Eric Welch
> St. Joseph, MO
> 
Maybe with an 81A to take the blues away.
Mark Rabiner