Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mitch: It sounds to me like you would like Astia, try a roll. I like Provia but to me it produces stronger colors than Astia. For negative film try Portra NC, (Natural Color). - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Mitch Alland wrote: > I've been using Ektachrome 100S but am increasingly finding it too > saturated particularly the way it deepens blue skies, even more than > polarized sunglasses do, and turns many photos into "picture postcards." > (I don't like navy blue skies). I suppose that the market has been > overwhelmingly pushed by the success of Fuji to the saturated Provia and > Velvia look. Questions: > > 1. Are there any transparency films that render colors more naturally > than these saturated films? > > 2. Or, does one have to go to color negative film to get a more natural, > less-saturated look? If so which color negative films? > > 3. Actually I've always like the pastel look of the old Ektachrome. Are > there any transparency films that have that pastel color rendition? > > --Mitch/Bangkok - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html