Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Suggestion for positive film
From: "Richard F. Man" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:50:02 -0800

At 06:01 PM 1/11/2004 +0100, Matt Shonfeld wrote:
>I am just about to do a shoot in a dark hospital and would like the 
>flexibility with regards to depth of field. I Ideally would like a 
>positive film which displays bright and rich colours.  I have tried Fuji 
>Provia and was not too satisfied with the results.  Velvia is a great film 
>for richness of colours but it may be a little too slow.
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Both Velvia 100F and Astia 100F are faster, but beware of Velvia, even at 
100F, the people can look garish!!! I would use Provia 400F just to get the 
extra speed...


// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard@imagecraft.com) 

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