Fuji Velvia (50 or 100) and Kodak e100VS are probably the most popular high-saturation films. I haven't used the Velvia 100 (or 100F) much, but the two others are notoriously difficult to scan. If you intend to use your pics digitally, I recommend Fuji Provia 100F, which is much easier to deal with for scanning.
For winter scenes (snowy), I have found that Agfa RSX II 50 is very good. It can deliver very clean whites, and seems to hold a bit more detail in the highlights than do the other films. The downsides with Agfa is larger grain than Kodak and Fuji, and that some labs treat the film in a way that introduce a slight magenta cast. Cheers, Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:26 AM Subject: High saturation slide film > For high saturation 35mm slide film (for wildlife stuff) what does anybody > recommend? > The ones I've been looking at are Fuji Provia, Sensia, or maybe Velvia. > Unfortunately, at the only place within 100 miles of where I live (very far > from where any one else lives) good slide film costs somewhere in the > neighborhood of $30 per roll, with developing. > Up till now I've just been using the cheapest print film I could find, my > philosophy being that if I took four rolls with lousy film instead of one > roll with good stuff I'd end up with more decent photos. And the with the > lenses I have you probably couldn't see the deference anyway. But now that > I'm getting some decent glass (K 200/2.5) I thought that I'd better at least > look into it. > Thanks, > Francis >
