Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Kodak's Professional E6 Films
From: "Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:21:47 -0500

Thanks to Henning and others for their feedback on these films.  I obviously
have to try them to know what they'll look like under various lighting
conditions.
Bud

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Henning J. Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com

>
> I find that VS has better skin reproduction than Velvia, mainly due to its
> lower contrast. The colour saturation is as high, but the contrast is
> lower, and as is typical of Kodak films, the toe is longer so you don't
> have the blocked up shadows as readily as with Velvia. Conversely, VS
> doesn't hold the highlights as well as Velvia. As a result, while Velvia
is
> a true 50 ISO film, you're best off shooting it at 32 or 40 EI, while VS
> can be shot at 100.
>
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