Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have for about 15 years preferred slides for color work, particularly the slow, fine and contrasty varieties (E64,Velvia, E100S, RDP, K64). That tendency has persisted into the last 3 years, since I have had an M6. In the last six or nine months I have been putting negative film, which I usually use in my point-and-shoots, into the M6 instead - and everything has changed. From my M6 the negative film gets such a pleasant color palatte, such nice smooth tones, and such a diminuitive grain pattern that I find myslef using very little slide film. Worse, when I do shoot slides I am finding that the narrow exposure latitude is limiting my shot potential. In short, I think I have mostly switched to negative films for color, and it is very different. My personal favorie right now is Fuji NPS - that film and a 35 or 50 Leica lens make incredible portraits, snapy candids, smooth and crisp still lifes and nice serene nature scenes. I also like Superia 100 and Kodak Portra (VC mostly). Does anyone else have a color negative film that they really like? I'd like to try more. Konica was raved about in the OM group in years past, but I have not tried it. (Agfa ultra 50 is another film I love, but it is quite special in a Lomo or Oly XA even.) In the long run I hope to shoot a lot of _both_ negative and positive color films - I'm glad that I have 'found' negative films now, and am finding ways to put them to use making pleasing pictures - picures that I just could not make with slide film Cheers, - - marc . - -- *** Marc Attinasi *** * mailto: marc@attinasi.org * * http://www.attinasi.org * - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html