Shooting film (Velvia)

[P. J. Alling]

I only shoot B&W which reminds me, I've really got to order some HC-110.

dao_ at mail15.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  May be this will be interesting for who still shot film.
>
>  I just tried the new Velvia 50 (RVP 50). Actually, I have to say that
> I did not shoot any "old" or "classic" Velvia as I could not find it.
> I'm very pleased with the results. It is easy to scan this film on my
> Nikon Coolscan V ED. What I actually found that in some aspects it is
> easier to work with the scans in PS as with the digital images
> captured by my DS. Especially I like photos with the lot of bright
> reds and yellows. It is hard for me to capture such photos by the DS -
> this bright colors usually lose a lot of tones.
>   As for the Velvia, I like its colours and contrast. And I was
> suprised by its little grain. I print one of the photo without any
> retushing especially without removing grain. On the 20x30 (cm) photo
> it is very hard to find the grain! But on the monitor it can be seen.
>
>  One of the example (may be not the best for me) is hear:
>
>   http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=19477&full=1
>
>   I don't know if somebody still shoot film. If so, it would be very
> interesting to talk to such photographers.
>
> Yuriy
>
>   


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