No, that was interesting Ken, thanks. I rated the Velvia at 64 (the
second time that I have done that) so as to give me a tiny bit more
speed, and to gain the saturation. It works fine, but it was still too
slow to use in a vibrating light aircraft and all my shots are blurred.
Chris
On 25 Apr 2004, at 14:28, AG Schnozz wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> I have just shot some Velvia 50 (EI 64)
>> and the colours are just lovely. Now all I have to do is take
>> photos of interesting subjects ;-)
>
> Velvia 50 at 64? Well, I recon that you could if the metering
> was a bit off, but that definitely is on the fast side for this
> film. It does crank up the saturation a bit more, and throws
> nearly everything Zones III and under into solid black.
>
> Regarding the homepage shot. It was taken back when F50 was
> still available. I learned about the aging properties of
> F50/F100 and bought cases of it, letting it age to the point
> where the saturation point and colorcast was where I wanted it
> and then froze it all.
>
> I think Fuji must have gotten wind of what so many of us were
> doing. Velvia 50, when it was first introduced, was a
> dead-ringer for our specially aged F50.
>
> It was a sad day when F50 was discontinued. Velvia was
> smoother, but at the expense of acutance. F50 was slightly more
> edgy. F50 projected better, but Velvia scanned better. (except
> for peppergrain).
>
> I know, more information than anybody cared to read.
>
> AG-Schnozz
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