Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] Scanning Velvia film
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Mar 24 09:55:48 2006
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At 12:37 PM 3/24/2006, you wrote:
>Tina... were the colors really that saturated in person?  Especially the
>blues and purples?

Yes, Guatemala is really colorful.


>What altitude was this at?  High up or at roughly sea level?

High altitude.  Above 5000 feet.


>I am trying to understand the saturation... was it the film?  the scanning?
>the altitude?  Not asking for answers, just understanding....

The film is Velvia, known for it's saturation.  I did desaturate by 
-10 for the web jpeg, believe or not!

Tina
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