Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Astia is my favorite people film by Fuji. Skin tones are very accurate and grain is very fine for a 100 speed film. Rating at 80 is a nice touch. At 03:16 PM 3/18/98 -0800, Gary Todoroff wrote: >Gruess Gott Dieter! > >Sorry to hear about bad weather there in the Neckar valley. But spring >along the river is certainly worth the wait. For some great people shots in >the Marktplatz or at the punt races, try Fuji's Astia (100 ASA). > >I like Velvia for the green, green landscapes here on the Northcoast of >California. However, I tried some Astia a while back with 50mm Summicron >and 90mm Tele-Elmarit M lenses. Skin tones and shadow detail were >beautiful, with none of the tendency towards reddish cheeks that Velvia >sometimes gives. I was really pleased with the results, and the projected >images drew some nice compliments at the local camera club. As a totally >subjective comment, there seems to be a special skin-tone glow to Astia >that mixes really well with sharp Leica optics. Anyone else been using >Astia? I don't have any experience with Provia. > >BTW, speaking of the Tuebingen Marktplatz, the last Viewfinder issue has >one of my black & white photos of a street vendor taken there in 1968. >Actually the picture is kind of an ugly orange and white. It was submitted >as a slide at LHSA Charlotte. I had copied the print to slide with >photoflood lighting, giving an interesting sepia-like tone that projected >fairly well. But it sure printed as a weird shade. > >Dieter, did you ever decide on which M camera to get? Greet the owner of >Foto-Schnell there in Tuebingen for me. The 28mm Elmarit that I bought >there is still in great shape 30 years later. > >Gary Todoroff >---------- >> From: Dieter Stoll < >> Hi all, >> anyone have comments on these two fine reversal films (other than Velvia >> being 50 and Provia 100 ASA)? I haven't had too much of a chance to try >> either with my new Leica gear, weather just plain S*CKS around here.... >Any >> comments welcome (like, am I wasting my money and would Sensia which >costs >> about half the price do just as well). >> >> Dieter Stoll D-72127 Kusterdingen, Germany >> dstoll@tuebingen.netsurf.de Home fax: +49-7071-368520 > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/