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Subject: [OM] Re: Velvia 50 returns
From: Donald <d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:48:21 +0000
ScottGee1 wrote:
> LOL!!
> 
> IMO, Velvia contributed to the lurid, oversaturated look of most
> contemporary advertising and editorial photography.  Portraits made
> with it can make anyone look sunburned.
> 
> No wonder B&W made a "comeback"; I suspect some people are on sensory
> overload and find B&W soothing.
> 
> Yes, I know it has its place and is well suited to nature scenes of
> low contrast.
> 
> ScottGee1
> 
>

Heh, heh. The only Velvia I've scanned had to have its colour toned down 
by a quarter... eh, 25%.

More to the point, I'm trying to get my head round Vuescan's RAW mode. I 
mean, I read the bit about scans being dark, but some of them look like 
night scenes from My Darling Clementine; colour's crap, too.

D.



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