Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] Films for Pastels
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Mon Oct 18 15:28:31 2004
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Agfa Portrait CPS 160 is slightly muted to avoid that knock your eye out 
saturation. Polaroid films from the 1970's also had a nice muted tone that 
reminded me of color films in the mid-20th century (perhaps because they 
were faded?)

At 12:20 PM 10/18/2004, you wrote:
>I rarely shoot color film, prefering B&W. GeeBee posted some very nice 
>shots awhile back that had colors that were more muted than the brilliant, 
>knock-your-eye-out, colors many people seem to prefer. What film(s) would 
>you suggest for pastel colors that tend to be more life-like than the 
>over-saturated films that are commonly sold at the corner drug stores?
>
>Walker
>
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