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Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:47
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Subject: RE: [APML] OT and kinda onT:
E100VS, Velvia 50, and updated website
Hi
Brian,
Velvia does not have good reciprocity characteristics. It fails
quickly, requiring 1 full stop of additional exposure at 5 seconds. The
color shifts warmer and then goes green. It would not be a good choice
for astro work or night-time landscapes, etc.
E100VS, on the other hand, should work well. I have used
E100S as my nighttime landscape film for a few years now, and it has performed
beautifully. I love the VS film for daylight shooting - I just have not
had a chance to use it much at night. Since it is in the same film
family, I would suspect it should perform similarly to the
E100S.
I
have some recent examples (Feb. 2002) of night shots (volcanoes, in this
case) done on E100S on my website:
All
the night shots were between 5 minutes and 30 minutes at f/4 on E100S.
Two friends/colleagues who were with me insisted on using their beloved Velvia
and got NO usable nighttime images.
That
said, Velvia is a wonderful, extremely fine-grained film (90 lpm) for daylight
shooting, particularly in overcast conditions (it is one of, if not
THE highest contrast slide film). E100VS has a little less
contrast, but not much less, and is also fine-grained (85 lpm). On those
bright, sunny, sidelit days, you might want to give Provia 100F a try
too.
Take
care,
Hey all,
First the off topic, My website is updated with
all the pictures working but not all the links leading back to the homepage
so just hit back to navigate.
I also added a few new fall colours pictures to
my website which can be found in the nature photography section that I took
yeterday and today on the Kodak E100VS film.
Its a great film for shooting in ovecast days
for fall colours I found out.
The saturation is incredible with this
film.
Im going to try the Velvia 50 next weekend when
I get some time to head out to the state forest again.
The Velvia I heard is where its at for fall
colour film.
What I dont know is, (which is the on topic
question), is how these films work for astrophotography.
I imagine the E100VS works pretty good for
astrophotos considering its relative the "E200" is primo
choice.
But what about the velvia 50?
Star trails?
Thanks,
Brian
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