Preach it Brother Tom!!! Derek
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Pure heresy... that's what it is! Oh the agony of it all.... :-) > > Velvia was never meant to be a general purpose film for all subject types. > It does work well with many nature subjects, landscapes, when there's "good > light". I still contend the results are more real looking in those contexts > than the drab washed out Kodachrome look which brings truthfulness to the > expression "the picture just doesn't do it justice". > > Provia's all around a good film. I'd still rather shoot sunsets.sunrises > with Velvia. > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >Subject: Re: OT Film > >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:57:04 -0800 (PST) > > > >Me too, Godfrey. IMO, the only possible reason to shoot Velvia is it's > >professed greater resolution and the fact that I have PS "saturation" > >and "hue" sliders. > >Provia and Astia much preferred. > > > >Jack > > > > > >--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Derek wrote: > > > > > > >> I'm not suggesting that I am looking for the finest grain. When > > > did > > > >> Velvia 100 non-F launch? I was running my lab until May and at > > > that > > > >> point we had heard nothing about it -- was it late summer? I have > > > to > > > >> wonder what the point is of such a film -- they didn't keep dual > > > >> inventory of Provia 100 F and non-F nor Astia 100 F and non-F. > > > >> > > > > > > > > I think I was handed a bunch of sample rolls of the new Velvia 100 > > > > > > > (ie not 100F) in either July or August last year. It was ok, but > > > > not the same as the Velvia 50. The saturation was not there, > > > > especially when shooting sunsets and the dusk sky. > > > > > > > > Derek > > > > > > > > > > For me, personally, the hyper-saturated Velvia look is something I > > > have never liked. It makes the world look like it's all cartoon > > > colors. > > > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >
