Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Talk you out of it? Not likely. Unless you are turned off by the ISO 50 (and some push it to 100 with excellent results), you may be a confirmed addict. But I see great results with Ektachrome 200, and have gotten great results with Provia 400f, and I wouldn't leap off the wagon too quickly. While there is much to be said about getting to know ONE film by heart, I am finding that it simply isn't practical for me. I like available dark, so fast films (which look like slow films from 20 years ago) are a wonderful innovation. I like the colors and grain of Velvia, but like the appearance and speed (but not the price) of Provia 400f. To me, it is the wave of my future. I would love to have Doug the Birdman's granite hands (or granite tripod), age, wear and tear, and disease have left me with the need for a faster shutter speed. For me, Provia is what the doctor ordered. Jeffery At 05:15 PM 4/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: >So I was running low on my beloved Kodachrome and I asked someone in our >local camera club if I could buy a roll of Velvia from them. I wanted to >try it out before ordering more film. It seems like everyone in the club is >using Velvia now. This club is mostly nature photography (Yakima >Cascadians). I am the lone holdout. Some are using Ektachrome of one >variety or another. While their slides are nice, I think mine are just as >good. I arrogantly attribute that to my expensive Leica R glass and their >consumer grade Nikon or Canon glass :-) The properties of Velvia being the >great equalizer, as it were. > >So I shot the roll and sent it off. I was expecting rather garish color from >what I have heard. It was just an experiment, after all. I didn't even >over expose a bit to flatten it. Shot it at straight ISO50. I was sure I >would be buying more Kodachrome, even if I have to wait 2-3 weeks for the >slides to be returned. > >Our local shop had the roll ready in less than 24 hours. I had the slides >mounted and sleeved rather than boxed. I held up the sleeve and WOW! They >look too good. Nice and sharp, fine grain, good colors that seem to be >fairly accurate. Were were those oversaturated unnatural colors? My >subject was mostly flowers as Spring seems to have finally arrived to the >Eastern portion of the Northwest (the dry side of Washington). > >So I scanned a few. They seem to scan much easier than Kodachrome. I am >using Vuescan and I set it for generic slides, as there is no Fuji setting, >and with very little color correction they came out great. Why it is easier >to get good scans with this film I don't know, but it is. I did notice a >lot more dust of the fine variety that doesn't seem to blow off. Maybe >processing? My Kodachrome, while having a fair amount of cardboard fibers >from the mounts, never has any dust that won't blow off. > >So, now, would someone please talk me out of buying Velvia? It can even be >bought in 100' rolls which would make it much cheaper than K-64. But >Kodachrome lasts so much longer. There is that arrogant streak thinking >that someone will be intersted in my photos 50 years from now. If I'm >around then I'll be over 100 and drooling all over them. Please come to my >aid. I need professional help. I don't want to experience withdrawals. I >even love the smell of Kodachrome. Momma, don't take my Kodachrome away!!! > >Aram "troubled in Naches" Langhans > > > >This message is made of 100% recycled electrons. No new atoms were >destroyed in making it. > >Aram Langhans >Science Teacher, Naches High School >101 W. 5th. St / P. O. Box 159 >Naches, WA 98937 > >"Science Rules" > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html