Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I used Superia 400 for the first time in my Leica when I went to London and Paris. I was simply amazed on the good results. I had been using an Olympus Stylus for my color film. I shgot all available light in the museums and churches. All turned out great. I now use two Ms, one loaded with Superia 400, shot at 400 and the other with Tri X 400, shot at 200. As soon as my tax refund gets here, I will get a Contax T3 for my P&S and junk the Stylus. An M camera is good whether it is color or B&W. Marc Attinasi wrote: > 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 > . > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html