Velvia is good for what Yuriy noted... giving some extra punch on drab overcast days. In that case a warming filter may also help eliminate any blue cast.
Not my first choice for people though sometimes it was what was in the camera and results were OK. Tom C. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brendan MacRae > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:37 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) > > Yuriy, > > That's a good shot for Velvia. My take on Velvia is > that for a lot of folks it produces overly saturated > colors. For me, I think it works well for many > different subjects but likely not the best choice for > portraits. Having said that, I know that many fashion > photogs have used it for effect when going for a > little extra "punch." > > I tend to go with the Provia F over Velvia nowadays. > It actually has finer grain than the old Velvia (I > can't speak to the new Velvia) and it's a full stop > faster. I think it works better for landscapes because > its colors seem a bit more natural. > > In any event, they are both great films and nearly > grainless when exposed properly. Virtually all of my > medium format transparencies are made from one or the > other of these stocks. > > -Brendan > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > May be this will be interesting for who still shot > > film. > > > > I just tried the new Velvia 50 (RVP 50). Actually, > > I have to say that > > I did not shoot any "old" or "classic" Velvia as I > > could not find it. > > I'm very pleased with the results. It is easy to > > scan this film on my > > Nikon Coolscan V ED. What I actually found that in > > some aspects it is > > easier to work with the scans in PS as with the > > digital images > > captured by my DS. Especially I like photos with the > > lot of bright > > reds and yellows. It is hard for me to capture such > > photos by the DS - > > this bright colors usually lose a lot of tones. > > As for the Velvia, I like its colours and > > contrast. And I was > > suprised by its little grain. I print one of the > > photo without any > > retushing especially without removing grain. On the > > 20x30 (cm) photo > > it is very hard to find the grain! But on the > > monitor it can be seen. > > > > One of the example (may be not the best for me) is > > hear: > > > > > > http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=19477&full=1 > > > > I don't know if somebody still shoot film. If so, > > it would be very > > interesting to talk to such photographers. > > > > Yuriy > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > dao mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the > directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
