Re: Pushing Provia 100F

[aimcompute]

Two thoughts...

1. Personally,I have always been happy when pushing Provia 100F.
2. I agree 100% on Velvia for most landscape/nature shots. If I have been
shooting something else and then shoot a roll of Velvia, I am always
reimpressed.

Tom C.

- Original Message -
From: "Jarosław Brzeziński" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: Pushing Provia 100F


> A part of the problem is that - as far as I am concerned - Provia
> 100F is not highly saturated even at its recommended ISO 100 speed.
> It is a universal film - can be used for portraits, fashion, nature,
> landscapes, table-top photography and what-not with similar results -
> but that's exectly the case of "Jack of all trades, master of none".
> Under any conditions it will give acceptable results but never
> brilliant ones. I used this film on my recent trip to the wonderful
> land of Allgau (southern Bavaria) for its speed and fine grain. When
> examining the results, however, I decided to go back to my all-time
> favourite i.e. Velvia. For landscapes and nature, which constitute
> the main body of my work, no E-6 film compares.
>
> Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał / wrote:
>
> > In a word - yuch! I know that this film is supposed to push well,
> but
> > that claim usually refers to grain. I recently shot a role in
> northern
> > New Mexico on a bright, sunny day at ISO 200. This was just to try
> it
> > out. All shots were with a polarizer. I found color saturation low
> and
> > images overall bland. This was especially the case with blue. The
> film
> > somehow took New Mexico's amazing blue sky, even shot with a
> polarizer,
> > and rendered it flat and uninteresting. While I'm happy with this
> film
> > overall, I won't shoot it at ISO 200 again.
> >
> > Sorry, but I don't have a web site to show what I got.
> >
> > YMMV.
> >
> > Joe
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Re: Pushing Provia 100F

[David A. Mann]

Jaros³aw Brzeziñski writes:

> When 
> examining the results, however, I decided to go back to my all-time 
> favourite i.e. Velvia. For landscapes and nature, which constitute 
> the main body of my work, no E-6 film compares.

 If Velvia is what you're used to, nothing else will compare (except maybe 
Kodak E100VS).

 I'm not really fond of the stuff but I keep a couple of rolls around for when I 
want the extra "punch".

Cheers,


- Dave

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Re: Pushing Provia 100F

[Pål Jensen]

Joseph wrote:

> I found color saturation low and
> images overall bland. This was especially the case with blue. The film
> somehow took New Mexico's amazing blue sky, even shot with a polarizer,
> and rendered it flat and uninteresting. While I'm happy with this film
> overall, I won't shoot it at ISO 200 again.


This is one of the caracteristics of Provia F, pushed or not; the total inability to 
render blue sky in a way that remotely resembles something that can be experienced on 
this planet. 
My experience is that polarizers won't help much either.


Pål


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Re: Pushing Provia 100F

[Mark D.]

From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> While I'm happy with this film overall, I won't shoot it at ISO 200 again.

Hey Joe,

I've seen several samples of push-processed Provia 100F and they look great.
The recommendation I've heard (and seen the results from) is to rate the
film at 320 and do a 2 stop push.

Mark

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