RE: filmscanners: Provia 100F (was orange mask)

[Tony Sleep]

On 17 Jan 2001 21:25:08 -0800  Frank Paris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> The colors
> are much more realistic if the same scene is taken with an overcast sky.
> Also, for closeups deep within the forest, even with a blue sky, colors are
> great with no blue overcast. Does anyone have an explanation for this
> behavior?

Different kind/colour of 'overcast', I suspect, to the winter half-light often found 
in N.Europe winters. Which is more like underwater than daylight. White cloud 
illuminated by sun above is fine - better than open blue sky and sunlight, as shade is 
illuminated by blue sky - but we get mucky grey cloud here. I'll take a colour temp 
reading next time it's like that here - today is actually fairly bright overcast with 
weak sun, and wouldn't upset Provia.

A secondary issue is lab calibration. Labs either run E6 optimised for Kodak or Fuji. 
Kodak Q-lab monitoring is more common in UK, and Kodak optimisation cools Provia 
slightly.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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