I agree that scanning Velvia has its problems, but it's still worth the effort.
If I was stranded on a desert island with a 35mm camera and tripod and had one choice of film it would be Velvia 50. Now what can I take pictures of?
Tom C.
From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Pentax News Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:03:11 -0500
my experience with Provia 100F is that unless you are shooting top quality lenses, the lens is the limiting factor with technique being a close second. i get slightly more detail with Provia 100F with a lot more hassle and a lot more variable color. with Velvia, the detail differences are much more apparent, but it still is a lot more hassle and color consistency, even with a profiled scanner, is still hard. OTOH, i found the grain in Provia 100F objectionable but it was the only game in town with the right combination of speed and color rendition. i didn't like Ektachrome as much, and Velvia's contrast was too high to use as often as i would like, in addition to being slow.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:37 PM Subject: Re: Pentax News
I haven't shot a lot of landscapes but those that I recall showed good detail. I made a print from one of Jostein's RAW files that included a lot of trees in the medium distance. If I remember correctly, the detail was quite good.
