[Leica] Which high speed slide film for wildlife

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>]

Xavier:

My vote goes to E200 Slide film.  I use it and like it.  I would however
suggest that using faster films will give diappointing results because of
their higher contrast and larger grain.  You are probably better with a
sturdy tripod and slower shutter speeds with either E200 at EI 200 or one
of the 100 speed Ektachromes.  Most stand fairly still and the camera shake
is more of a problem than motion of the subject. 

The E200 pushed one stop to EI320 is still pretty fine in grain.  I have
not compared it to the ms 100/1000 fuji, but it is much better than the
Provia 400.

My web page has some basketball shots all done on E200 at EI320 and they
show very little grain.  All the shots on this page were on E200 with the
exception of the bottom two which were on a Kodak Ektapress print film.
When I tried larger image sizes for the web page with the print film, the
grain was too obvious. 

Regards,

Robert

 



Xavier Logean <xavier.logean@epfl.ch>  wrote:


Hi there,

When using telephotos lenses, I am mostly interested in wildlife
photography.
Since now I was only shooting color negative films (fuji 400-800 ).

I would like to switch to "high" speed slide films.

The slide film I use for other purposes (with my M6)
are mainly velvia, Astia, E100VS, E200,
but these films are not fast enough for wildlife photogtaphy,
especially in the morning or in the evening
(where there are more oportunities for good pic).

What kind of film do luggers use for that ?

I was thinking to the fuji 100/1000 pushed at 400 ?

Is that better e.g., to push an E200 or to use a E400 ?

Thanx


Xavier.

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