> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:17:27 -0700
> From: Ramesh Kumar_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Which slide film to use?
>
> Hi
> Since long time I have been thinking of using Slide film but kept on
> postponing.
> Now I have decided to take that final step of using it. I have few
> questions, please answer them
>
> a) What film to use?
>
> I do not know about the brand names of slide films. Mostly(75%) of the
> photos I take are of land-scape; and I take photos inside the forest too,
so
> I need 400ASA (Some times I am bit lazy to use tripod). I am an amature so
> film should not be too costly & need not have to be tailor made for
> particular type of photography.
>
>
> b) Do all print-developer develop/process the slides?
>
>
> Yestarday I was scanning negative film and I do not have the prints of the
> film.
> Need less to say the output of the scanner was not good:-( ; In such a
> situation it is difficult locate the source of the problem.
> Bad scan output could be either due to bad exposure setting used at the
time
> of shooting photo or due to some color-shift introduced
> by the scanner( I am assuming film processing is accurate ). In these
> situation a slide film would tell me why the scan output is wrong;
> Is it bad-metering or scanner color shift.
>
> This is the main reason why I am moving to slide and in addition I THINK
> slide shooter are bit-advanced photographers:-).
> Does this look like good reason to move to slide?
>
> Anyhow I am going use slide.
> Ramesh
Ramesh, Slide-shooters are not necessarily more advanced shooters. Lots are
as ordinary with slide film as they are with print film. Slide film is
much more exacting with exposure and demands that exposure be exact. The
great latitude print film has just does not exist with slide film.
Pros shoot slide film because that is what editors demand. When you burn so
much film, if you are taking notes, you just get better with practice. I
shot slides when I was in a camera club and competed and trashed a lot of
shots. Even 1 stop off could ruin the shot.
If you are using a film scanner to scan your negatives, you should get
decent results. Most flat-bed scanners will not scan negatives very well.
Keith Zimmerman
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http://homepage.dave-world.net/~vkzimm/gallery5.html
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