Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: Try the Agfa films. Their print films have a flatter contrast, and some of the work in slides I've seen others do, well it seems softer, a more quiet coloring. Cheers Wilber GFE tel. 803-469-2440 http://www.jeffcoatphotography.com Tina Manley wrote: > LUGnuts - > > I'm planning for a trip to the Mosquito Coast in July. The color > transparency film that I usually use - Fuji Astia or Provia - is much too > contrasty for the extremely harsh sun there. Ordinarily, I love the skin > tones of Astia and the beautiful greens of Provia, but I've been > disappointed in the past with the dense shadows and washed-out highlights > that I've gotten using those films in the impossibly bright light of the > Mosquito Coast. Can anybody recommend a lower contrast transparency film > that I can try out? I'd love to do only black and white, but that's not a > choice. > > Thanks - > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com - --