Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Julian, I usually rate the XP2 Super at EI250 to obtain fine grain both in the shadow and highlight areas of the negative. Only in low light situations I rate it at EI400. XP2 Super is a nice compromise for someone like me who wants to do both darkroom and digital printing. I also like the tonality of this film a lot. BTW, all pictures were scanned with an LS-4000 using Vuescan to provide the final output files. I had some problems with the NPZ, though, and had to tweak the red values a lot in order to remove a strong red cast. It took more efforts to get a decent scan from the NPZ than from Portra 800. I may therefore go for the Portra 800 again the the future. - -- Arne In message <007b01c1952b$85dd74e0$fa631b3f@5lgcn01>, "Julian Koplen" writes: >Arne, > >I really enjoyed your indoor and outdoor work with the Fuji XP2 Super. The >tonality is very pleasing to me. Would you mind telling us at what E.I. you >were rating the film for these shots? > >The color picture on Fuji NPZ has the same very warm skin tones that I have >been dealing with in a series of indoor snapshots I did with Fuji NPH, which >I purchased explicitly for its reputation for superior rendering of skin >tones. At first I blamed my scanner or the indoor lighting. Lately I read >that it scans pink but prints beautifully with conventional darkroom >methods. How has your general experience been with NPZ and "the warmth >issue"? > >Again, my compliments..............Julian - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html