Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary: Actually I was about twelve feet away. I have some better shots that were taken on some other film, but I have not posted them yet. I also used the 105-280, but I like the blown out backgrounds of the 400 shots better. Regards, Robert At 08:48 AM 9/25/99 -0400, you wrote: >Robert, > > Let me get this straight. You had an opportunity to shoot two beautfiul >models and you opted to use the 400 2.8. You opted to get FARTHER away from >them! I think I might have used my 19 :"). > >Gary > >Robert G. Stevens wrote: > >> Harrison: >> >> I was shooting some outside portraits at a seminar last weekend and I >> happend to have ahlf a roll of E100VS in the camera. Although the images >> are mediocre, it does give an idea of the skin tones on E100VS. They are >> on the bottom of my misc page of my website. The fox picture was also on >> E100VS. BTW, the fox was shot with the 105-280 at about 280 and the girls >> were shot with the 400 F2.8 at F2.8 or F4 with a fill flash. >> >> I liked the E100VS so much when I tried it in Calgary a few months ago >> that I ordered in a 100 foot roll of it. I think it deals better with the >> shadows than Velvia. In the fox picture, you can see some detail in his >> dark den behind him. With Velvia, this would be inky black. >> >> http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Misc.htm >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> >> At 10:49 AM 9/24/99 -0500, you wrote: >> >Peter, >> > >> >I am still shooting a lot of Velvia on things that do not include >> >people...really great for that. But have gotten tired of the "Pumpkin >> >Head" syndrome that velvia gives most cacusains....I have since switched >> >to E100VS...really like the look of that stuff even better than the >> >E100SW, IMHO. But with all the hype on the new provia (refering to the >> >hype from Fuji here not the LUL comments--spoke to BillPrudner this week >> >and he was going on and on about the new Provia....maybe Sunday at the >> >Panthers game I'll see my buddy from Fuji and talk him out of a few rolls >> >of it.) I am curious as to how it renders skin tones. >> > >> >Did a side by side shoot last week of students in a High School nursing >> >class for one of our Magazines. I lit the scene with White Lightning >> >Ultra 1200's and shot first E100VS then Velvia...the winner for skin tone >> >and clean whites with saturated colors was E100VS...even my fellow >> >photographer who thinks Velvia is the only film made agreed and we >> >ordered 50 rolls of VS..still ordered 200 rolls of Velvia also...but at >> >least now I have an option when shooting people. >> > >> >On 9/24/99 9:23 AM Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: >> > >> >>Harrison, >> >> >> >>Hope you don;t mind but I would also like to answer this. The E100VS is >> >>good but too too saturated when you include skies. The Provia 100F is more >> >>natural and renders a real blue sky (as opposed to a super saturated blue >> >>sky produced by VS). Overall the colroing is slightly less than E100SW but >> >>very accurate. >> >> >> >>Peter K >> > >> > >> >Best regards, >> >Harrison McClary >> >email: harrison@mcclary.net >> >http://www.mcclary.net >> >preview my book: http://www.volmania.com >> > >> > >> > > > > >