In a message dated 11/21/01 8:45:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If you haven't shot it, Mafud, I think you really owe it to yourself to > try a roll of either NPS or NPH from Fuji. They are gorgeous, smooth, > natural, low contrast negative films, with exceptionally tight grain for > their speeds. > But I have. Like most FUJI film, they still give brown to bluish to greenish shadows on people of color, especially dark skinned people. Worse, really dark skinned people take on a orangey-red undertone. It's that "let's make sure all white people have a tan, or at least a glow" fixation film makers use to please their majority white clientele. Not beating up on white people mind you, but telling it like it is. Whereas milky white skin was once prized, today it is the "bronzed" look, thin bodies and perfect ABS look that is prized. So film, "in search of" that goal, now produces perfectly blue skies and brilliant white clouds in the backgrounds, brilliant greens, fierce reds and ... orange to pink white people. *Just an observation mind you, no slams or flames intended. **FUJI is the most egregious violator of the way white and colored skin should really look. And don't let the mini-lab be one scintilla off in processing or those black backgrounds or they themselves turn brownish-blueish-yuck colored. ***Remember, KODAK-AGFA et. al. also violate the skin fidelity theorem, but not to the degree FUJI does. ________________________________ Grain: there are thousands of wedding and portrait artists who use KODAK PRO 1000 just for that purpose, to give the Bride or subject that "dreamy" look, while at the same time, nailing her eyes. PRO 1000 has defined the look for years now, well before any maker, including KODAK, made "fast" film available. ***PORTRA 800 is easing itself into the fast film for wedding portrait photographer's bags of tricks too. ****Shoot the Bride or subject with a 6x7, print either PORTRA 800 or PRO 1000 on 20 x 24 matte paper. You get that "painterly" look that make checkbooks open...wide. Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
