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Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) ~~ opinions on slide film to capture blues, glaciers, etc.
From: Donald Shedrick <shedridc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:44:09 -0700 (PDT)
When skiing, I always used Kodachrome 25.  It had
excellent results with snow, and has a little more
exposure latitude so it does not wash out in bright
areas.  Second close choice would be K64.

--- "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 18:07 7/27/01, JAmes Olson wrote (in part):
> 
> >does anyone have experience with the fuji and kodak
> 100 speed slide films 
> >in any similar situations?  or just opinions on
> slide films you enjoy in 
> >this speed area...
> >
> >it is all subjective, obviously, but i'm fishin'
> for opinions.
> >
> >james.
> 
> Greatest color accuracy among films I've used go to
> Kodachrome 64, Fuji 
> Provia 100F, Fuji Astia, and Ektachrome EPN-100.  Of
> these I would readily 
> use Kodachrome 64 or Provia 100F as they have
> moderate saturation which I 
> prefer for most photographs.  I would use Fuji Astia
> if I'm after 
> restrained saturation, which isn't very often.
> 
> Films I would not use (and why):
> a. Fuji Velvia:
> More saturation than I care for, but do consider it
> better than E100VS (see 
> "e" below).  Not as bad with flesh tones as E100VS,
> but still not that great.
> b. Ektachrome EPN-100 (no consumer version):
> Very restrained saturation (silmilar to Astia in
> this respect).  Might be 
> great for catalog work, but its colors seem "flat
> and drab" compared to Astia.
> c. Ektachrome E100S (consumer version is Elitechrome
> 100):
> Moderate saturation but noticeably lacks color
> accuracy.
> d. Ektachrome E100SW (no consumer version):
> Same as E100S except a "skylight filter" is built
> into it to make it 
> warmer.  Doesn't make sense to me.  On the occasions
> I want warmer I'll use 
> a skylight 1A, but I don't want everything that way.
> e. Ektachrome E100VS (consumer version is
> Elitechrome 100 Extra Color):
> Extreme saturation at great expense to color
> accuracy; IMO more than 
> Velvia.  Seems that when it saturates, it does so to
> the same color; in 
> particular I've noted it has a singular shade of
> red.  Absolutely no good 
> for flesh tones.
> f. Ektachrome E200 (consumer version is Elitechrome
> 200):
> Has very nearly the fineness of grain structure as
> E100S, and is the ISO 
> 200 version in all other respects, including why I
> don't care for it.
> g.  Kodachrome 200 and all ISO 400 (and faster) E-6
> films:
> Aside from anything else I might like or dislike,
> the grain structure of 
> these is not fine enough for me.  Some swear by
> Kodachrome 200, and its 
> color accuracy is very high, but it is quite grainy
> compared to Kodachrome 64.
> 
> -- John
> 
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