>And here I thought you were really trying to make the point that they >use Velvia - always! <grin>
me too! I just thought it was a clever little statement, I guess I just read too much into things ;) rg2 On 9/12/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And here I thought you were really trying to make the point that they > use Velvia - always! <grin> > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 4:53:33 PM, you wrote: > > KW> DUH - should be - > > KW> Probably why most (if not all) of the current nationally known outdoor > KW> photographers shot Velvia for years before switching to digital > > KW> Kenneth Waller > KW> http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > KW> ----- Original Message ----- > KW> From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > KW> Subject: Re: A few more images.... > > > >>.....Velvia may give some images that little boost that makes them appear > >>closer to our memory of >the scene. > > KW> Probably why most (if not all) of the current nationally known outdoor > KW> photographers shot Velvia for years before switching to Velvia. > > KW> Kenneth Waller > KW> http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > KW> ----- Original Message ----- > KW> From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > KW> Subject: Re: A few more images.... > > > >>I agree with you on this Pal. As I've stated many times, photos generally > >> don't live up to the real thing, and Velvia may give some images that > >> little > >> boost that makes them appear closer to our memory of the scene. > >> > >> Tom C. > >> > >> > >> From: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >>>Subject: Re: A few more images.... > >>>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:17:37 +0200 > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>>I still have a hard time believing that this stuff actually > >>>displaced Kodachrome as the saturated slide film of choice. Kodachrome > >>>may have been highly saturated but it still had some relationship to the > >>>colors of nature. > >>> > >>> > >>>REPLY: > >>> > >>>I took a test as a reaction to this myth about ten years ago. I shot the > >>>same scene (forest interior in overcast mid day light) with Kodachrome 64 > >>>and Velvia. Two weeks later I went back under similar light and compared > >>>the > >>>slides with reality. Guess what? The Kodachrome was truly way off from > >>>reality. It was completely unable to render the color green in anyway > >>>resembling reality: it was greyish and total flat. Kodachrome blues is > >>>also > >>>way off with a grey tint. Velvia was closer to reality being able to > >>>render > >>>the vibrancy of the greens. It is saturated but not by much compared to > >>>reality.... > >>> > >>> > >>>Pål > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
