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From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Frankly, I think Velvia is something of a mediocre emulsion. The best
> results from this film I've seen have been when the photographer
> (apparently) tunes the saturation _down_ in software. Then this film
begins
> to show me something. I can do without the all-too-typical canyon and
> lyrical-forest shots, though.
A ' mediocre emulsion'? - Really?
If you take the time to learn to use it properly instead of banging off
uninformed comments, you may possibly change your mind.
When people complain that it is oversaturated it is normally because they
make the mistake of underexposing it. Velvia does not need to be
underexposed to give a great colour rendition.
Answer me this - if you are not looking for intense colour saturation, why
do you use slide film and why do you underexpose it?
Velvia is probably the very best film for colour reproduction work in
magazines for all subjects, but particularly nature, landscape and fine
detail work.
To describe this fine film as 'mediocre' probably says more about the user
than the film.
All films from Fuji, Kodak, Ilford and most of Agfa are truly excellent, but
it is a case of horses for courses, you must use the right product for the
job.
Do yourself a favour, get a roll of Velvia, load it in your camera, set the
ISO to the box speed, get a tripod and go and take some pictures,
landscapes, flowers, street scenes etc. Get it processed _properly_ and then
bung them into your projector and make them big, I mean really BIG, then
come back and tell us what you think.
Steve
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