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 <pdml@pdml.net> >>>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>>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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
