Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Favorite high-saturation color film?
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 22:06:40 +0200
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Jeffrey,

Fuji Velvia is of course considered the ultimate saturated transparency 
film, but it is slow and you may get funky skin tones. In my view, the 
best E6 film out there is Fuji Provia 100F. It will give you nice vivid 
colors AND good skin tones.

Nathan

Jeffrey Fass wrote:
> Hi to all,
> 
> I have a vacation trip upcoming to the Caribbean and I'd like to take a
> brick of nice heavy-saturation film (negative or xparency). I used a Kodak
> once (Ektachrome) that was nice but the skin tones were ruddy, patchy and
> unpleasant, which I kinda expected. Is there a film out there that will give
> a decent (if intensified) skin tone?
> 
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Many TIA, Jeffrey
> 
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