Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Works best for what? Different films, best for different subjects. Velvia is super saturated, intolerant of underexposure, produces Fuji green like no other film, marvelous landscapes, urban scapes, etcscapes where vivid color, sharpness, good contrast are required. I use Velvia nearly exclusively for tripod chrome work. 35mm, 120/220, and 4x5 . Provia is a mild Velvia at ISO 100 instead of 40. Less saturation, more tolerant of exposure variances, whites are cleaner, skin is truer, etc. For 35mm handheld photography, I prefer Fuji MS 100/1000 at 200. My Fuji rep says that Provia F at 200 will be even better. He gave some to me but I haven't tried it yet. Jim At 07:02 PM 5/16/00 -0400, Dave Fisher wrote: >Greetings, >a trip to the local photo shop today to buy some Velvia turned into a sales >pitch for me to purchase Provia instead. Silly salesman, he swore by Provia, >but I ended up buying neither, until further consultation. I formerly used >Kodachrome (which I still do) but I need faster processing turnaround. >Having used neither Velvia or Provia, could some LUGgers here who've used >both give me the lowdown on what works best. >Thanks, Dave >------------------------------------------------ >dgf photojournalism >http://home.golden.net/~tekapo > >