Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gab, Goodness, no!!!! For people I would recommend an old standby: EPP. It is wonderful, smooth, not so sharp in just the right way to help skin. the Astia is too cold for me and washed out. Just my experience--I hated the pix shot with them (and I was looking as some last evening). Also, the Normans are notoriously cold (like my Balcars) and are usually helped by warming gels, like at least a 1/8CTO Rosco. A bit of testing will help and/or rent a color temperature meter for a day and do a test and chart it for various capacitor bank combinations and reflectors/umbies. As for the "boring" I would consider changing the light angles, rather than depending on the Velvia saturation, to get more intensity. donal RFMGabe@aol.com wrote: > > I've just begun taking portraits, nudes, bodyscapes with my Leica M4-P and my > 3 lenses (35, 50, 90). I'm using a Norman studio flash generally shot into a > white umbrella. I've used Kodak Elite chrome select series (ASA 100), > Fujichrome Velvia and Fujichrome ASTIA. > The elite looks natural but boring. The Velvia is really rather striking > altho the face color is a bit ruddy. The ASTIA has a smooth glow to it, but > also a slight magenta cast. Of the 3 chromes, I'm leaning to Velvia. It really > is a different chrome to say the least. > Does anyone use Velvia for flesh tones (especially with a studio flash). - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com