Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I'm about to have a holiday. Does someone have a favourite film (neg & >chrome please) that can handle bright blue and bright red side by side? Blues and reds are rendered with great saturation by Fuji Velvia. I prefer less punch for some subjects; for an earthy, natural look try good old Kodachrome 64. For more saturation with a neutral color balance try Kodak 100S; it is not as over the top as Velvia. I'm not sure what will work best with your bright red and blue (are these sky and rocks or panels in a hot air ballon?) but if the brightness and boldness of the color is of uppermost concern then the Velvia will give it to you. For negative film I've had best luck with the Kodak Royal Gold films and the Fuji Reala. The results with color neg. film are greatly dependent on printing and commercial printing is very poor in my experience. I only use color neg. film for snapshots at birthday parties where I know I'll need to distribute several prints if one of the shots is appealing. Good luck. - -Charlie