Mark, thanks for your input, it helps. Another question for you -- If you needed the 100 speed, would you: A) Push Velvia to 100 B) Use Provia F or C) Use Velvia 100. I can push Velvia with no extra processing cost. Velvia and Provia F are the same cost for me. Velvia 100 is about $1.60/roll more expensive than Velvia. I'd like to hear your thoughts Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: Re: O T: Velvia 100-F
> HI Ken - > > I tried a roll a few months ago - a sample that I got from a local lab. > > It is much like regular Velvia - very high saturation, very fine grain, > extremely high contrast. I shot it at ISO 100 and got the same blocked up > shadows that you get with Velvia at ISO 50. The grain and sharpness are > claimed to be greater than that of Velvia. I saw nothing that would refute > that, but my casual shots would not make a basis for comparison. I have to > say it is at least as good as Velvia 50, maybe better. > > Personally, I like Velvia for some applications - like sunsets - but the > contrast is too pronounced and tonal range too narrow for a lot of subjects > / situations. I'd summarize Velvia 100 as having the same characteristics > as Velvia 50, maybe even more so, with the advantage of the additional > speed. I did not try it at ISO 80 - it may be that, like velvia 50, there > is some sense to doing that. > > I really laid in a large stock of film last year and still have about 75 > rolls of E100S, VS, Provia, and Velvia 50 in the freezer. It's going out > of date so I plan to use it up before ordering more. But I may try some > Astia for nature shots. I like the idea of accuracy in colors, and it > apparently is quite sharp. > > In the realm of Kodak, I tried a roll of E100G and found it to be virtually > indistinguishable from E100S (my mainstay) so that is a viable option. > > Hope this helps - > > MCC > > > > At 05:54 PM 9/7/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Has any PDMLer shot this slide film yet. Comments? Likes/dislikes? > >Kenneth Waller > > ----- > Mark Cassino > Kalamazoo, MI > ----- > > Photography: > > http://www.markcassino.com > > > >
