Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V15 #85

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

David:

That E100s and 90/2.8 sure seems to work in that photo.  Very pretty colors!

Mike Durling
KD4KWB
http://www.widomaker.com/~durling/

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V15 #85


>
> Mikiro
>
> >>Leica glass does its best with Kodachrome to give profound and
> reserved (muted in your expression) rendition of colour rather than vivid
> and outgoing (or showy) one, which in my opinion best achieved with a
> Velvia/Zeiss combination.<<
>
> The trend today certainly seems to be toward oversaturation. I've wondered
> why that is. Was it spurred on by the cross processing rage? Or visa
versa?
> For a while it seemed most popular magazines felt it mandatory to
> completely abuse color. And now with digital you don't even need to cross
> process in order to achieve an unnatural pallette.
>
> I shoot Velvia occasionally. I must admit that it has it's place. But I
> think it's overkill.  Last weekend I  took some photographs at a local
> nursery. I used E100S and my new 90/2.8 Elmarit. The colors were very
> natural, yet the photographs still looked extremely crisp. I attribute the
> look to the quality of the lens, which is a stunning performer, IMHO. I
> posted an image at.
>
>
http://beta.content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=update_photo&
ID_Community=Leicausers&ID_Message
>
=397&ID_Topic=51&Subject=90%2F2.8+Elmarit+%28latest%29%2C+E100S&Message_Body
=Natural+light.+f2.8
>
> The colors look a little muted in the posted jpg file. I used the Adobe
> color profile when I scanned. (I scanned for printing, rather than for
> screen viewing). You can't see it on the jpg file, but in the original
> slide the two plant labels in the plane of focus (right and below/left of
> center) are completely legible. When viewed under my 8x loupe I can read
> the nursery phone number (smallest type 6pt) on the original slide.
> Absolutely incredible contrast and resolution. I took the photo at 1/125
> f2.8.
>
> Sometimes I think supersaturated colors give an illusion of contrast that
> doesn't really exist. Less saturated films and Leica glass are a great
> combination.
>
> David
>
>