Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Lug: Below is a copy of a message I sent to the LEG, but thought it may be of interest to LUG members. I apologize to those that subscribe to both lists and have received this twice. I few months ago, the Fuji rep gave me a roll of Fuji's new fine grain slide film, Provia 400F. I had meant to use it for football, but lost it until last week when I came across it. I had heard great reviews on it from guys who shoot NFL football. They had used it for the Night Games and were amazed with the quality when pushed two stops. I shot the hockey game this evening and tried pushing the new Provia 400F two stops to EI1600. The results are much better than I was getting with 800 print film pushed a stop. This is an awesome film for sports. I have attached links to a scan. If this was on print film, the blacks would not be totally black and would have a lot of grain. I used the 400 APO-Telyt at 2.8 and 360th of a second. Just a half stop under 500th. In addition, I mounted a FL-Day filter in the drawer which got rid of most of the green cast. When I scanned, the software got rid of the rest. Perhaps Ted Grant with his sports expertise would like to comment on this. He is probably familiar with results similar venues. The image is at the address below. The first is a 1024x700 134k image, the second a smaller 800x600 80k image. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/hockey/Jan7-2000.jpg http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/hockey/Jan7-2000sm.jpg This is an image shot last season on Fuji800 print film pushed one stop to EI 1600. It is much more contrasty and muddy looking, as most print film looks compared to slides. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/hockey/mooseheads4.jpg Regards, Robert