Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:04 PM -0400 9/24/99, Isaac H Crawford wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: Harrison McClary <harrison@mcclary.net> >To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 10:20 PM >Subject: RE: [Leica] New Provia, now E100VS and Skintones >> >> Anyway I did both shots using the same lights..the 100sw you could see >> detail in the tray the pies were sitting on, a dark tray, along with the >> shadow the pies cast on the tray...on the Velvia the trays were black - >> no detail or shadow, BUT the highlights in the tin pie tins were much >> more punchy and the color of the pecan pies was MUCH more rich...wish I >> had of had another roll of 100vs to test on that shot as I think it may >> have worked better than the 100sw did. > > I have heard this complaint about both Velvia and K25 (inky shadows) and >I wonder if we're just dealing with a film sensitivity issue. In other >words, it takes so much light for a slow emulsion to even register that >exposure has been given, aren't inky shadows just a fact of life with these >films? Wouldn't faster and faster films have the capability to render subtle >shadow detail better? > I guess my point is that it may not be fair to compare Velvia to *any* >100 speed film in this one aspect... No, this is not the case. The slope of the toe and D-max (which is what I think you are referrring to) are completely different issues. K25 has a very long toe, and has lots of shadow detail. That's why it works as a 32EI film. Velvia has the steep toe and soft shoulder, and therefore works as a 40, or even 32EI film. Quite different, and ISO speed of the film is not the issue. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com