Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Are there any transparency films that are not over-saturated?
From: Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:58:19 -0600

Try Astia - haven't tried the new 100F version yet though

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Richard F.
> Man
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 6:56 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Are there any transparency films that are not
> over-saturated?
>
>
> At 07:38 AM 7/29/2003 +0700, Mitch Alland wrote:
> >I've been using Ektachrome 100S but am increasingly finding it too
> >saturated particularly the way it deepens blue skies, even more than
> >polarized sunglasses do, and turns many photos into "picture postcards."
> >(I don't like navy blue skies). I suppose that the market has been
> >overwhelmingly pushed by the success of Fuji to the saturated Provia and
> >Velvia look. ...
>
> Provia is known to have good color accuracy. My recent pictures on the
> Eastern Sierra may not show it, but I think the sky really did look that
> navy blue :-)
>
>
> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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Replies: Reply from Tom Christiansen <tomchr@softhome.net> (RE: [Leica] Are there any transparency films that are not over-saturated?)