I agree most of those scenes are grossly oversaturated. I wonder though if
they are neutral renditions from the film or if they haven't been enhanced
with filters or further manipulated digitally.
Tom C.
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:49:33 +1000
On 5 Dec 2005 at 18:19, Tom C wrote:
> For once I agree with Pal...
>
> It's always been my contention that Velvia looks closer to the way I
> remember the scene than other films (I'm talking about
nature/landscape). It's
> not a good skin-tone film from what I've experienced. People seem to
> universally comment 'but the picture doesn't do it justice'. I think
Velvia
> puts that punch back in that makes up for the difference between what my
eyes
> saw and what the phototgraphic rendition is.
>
> In addition, I think many times the comparisons between Velvia and other
> films are made w/o the benefit of viewing the exact same image on the
films in
> question, and w/o the benefit of having witnessed the original scene.
And sometimes they are just plain over-saturated junk produced to placate
the
plebs. See the following link to see work from one of the best known and
most
sold landscape photographers in Australia. In 2003 he was engaged to spruik
the
virtues of Velvia 100F at its official launch here:
http://www.kenduncan.com/funandfree.php?ms=73&efunc=new
And if you're an absolute glutton for punishment try this (warning it's a
Flash
page and it's about a 2MB DL)
http://www.kenduncan.com/echristmas
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
