Re: Velvia question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Kenneth wrote: I have read somewhere that Arthur Morris shoots velvia 100 almost exclusively. I reguarily shoot velvia 100 and find the results totally acceptable. Have you tried shooting puffins, or for that matter, penguins with Velvia pushed one stop? I'm not denying that Velvia can

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
There's one Canon sponsored photographer who takes boring, mug-shot type of bird photos that borders to pornography in garish and cliche-filled oversaturated images on Velvia pushed one stop. Only an option if you suffer from terminally bad taste an/or are into camp in a big way. I am

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-05 Thread Robert Woerner
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Velvia question Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 09:46:45 +0100 Kenneth wrote: I have read somewhere that Arthur Morris shoots velvia @ 100 almost exclusively. I reguarily shoot velvia @ 100 and find the results totally acceptable. Have you tried shooting puffins, or for that matter

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-04 Thread Jostein
- From: Ryan K. Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:46 AM Subject: Velvia question So, I'm off to florida in a few weeks to visit some of the more interesting wildlife spots. Here's my not-directly-pentax-related question: I'm seeing more and more

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
If you want a film that approaches the saturation of Velvia with ISO 100 speed, go for Ektachrome 100VS. By the way, it scans much better than Velvia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/3/2002 11:43:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also, does this mean

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-04 Thread Mark Cassino
I know folks who do this and it may have made sense when Velvia was first instroduced, but there are plenty of good ISO 100 emulsions out there. Kodak E100S and Provia are two of them. Agfa RSX II 100 is another. I lean towards the Kodak emulsion because it pushes up the colors slightly, but

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-04 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 03:44 AM, Pål Audun Jensen wrote: In my opinion, Sensia II is much better for this use. Some like Provia F a lot. Both can be pushed one stop without going over the top. Provia 100F pushes very well, and pushing it rather beefs up the contrast, since normally

Re: Velvia question

2002-03-04 Thread Kenneth Waller
Subject: Velvia question So, I'm off to florida in a few weeks to visit some of the more interesting wildlife spots. Here's my not-directly-pentax-related question: I'm seeing more and more wildlife photos (esp. birds) shot on Velvia pushed 1 stop. Have folks had good success with this? I