Thought this might be of interest to some.
Best,
Greg
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Dear Group, Thot U all might enjoy reading this post.
Am enjoying this file myself.
Dianne/HSP
In a message dated 08/21/1999 12:06:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:19:02 -0700
> From: Sarah Pagliasotti <SarahP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: E100VS field testing experience
>
> Hi all,=20
>
> My assistant alerted me to the Kodak E100VS thread that has been =
> weaving
> through this group, and has also been raised in many photo magazines.
> I've been heavily testing the new film and thought I would offer my
> thoughts on the E100VS versus Velvia.
>
> I have now exposed more than 500 rolls -- 35 mm and 120 mm -- of E100VS
> since February and find that it competes with Velvia favorably on some
> levels, exceptionally on others, and blows it out of the water on still
> others.
>
> I have shot the film in nine countries, in conditions ranging from
> scorching deserts (where keeping it consistently cool was difficult, =
> but
> no recognizable color-shifts were apparent) to tropical forests, to the
> golden savannas of east Africa. It was exposed in warm light, cool
> light, fill-flash, overcast, and long low-light exposures - I've tested
> it all over "the field" and it has performed brilliantly. Essentially,
> it shows less contrast, cleaner whites, and subtleties of green tones =
> in
> forests than Fuji. VS did itself proud.=20
>
> One particular shot, which I will post on my web site
> (http://www.gerryellis.com/e100vshtm) under "Kodak's New VS Exposed" =
> in
> our Discovering Photography section, is a white-cheeked monkey. It was =
> a
> shot taken in deep tropical forest -- the full exposure data is on the
> site -- under what are "typical" rainforest wildlife field conditions
> for me: moving objects in low-light. The results are far better than
> what I would have expected on Velvia or Astia, although the scan may =
> not
> do it justice - failing to hold the full tonal range available in the
> original transparency.
>
> In this shot, there is exceptional detail and tonal quality in the
> greens, the blacks are clean black, no blue-ish undertones (or
> overtones), and note the whites in the nose - nothing there, just clean
> whites, not something I have experienced with Velvia. The original also
> has superior detail in the facial fur. In general the colors are more
> vibrant than any previous Kodak, without possessing the neon-like
> overkill of Velvia. The VS has a wider exposure latitude than Velvia.
>
> I also pushed E100VS one and two stops with quality results. Now,
> considering that Kodak film already begins one stop faster than Velvia,
> I find that to be a huge advantage. The one-stop push shows negligible
> grain increase (at least based on a Schneider 5.5x loupe). The monkey
> shot on our site was at an 1/8th of second - ambient light-lit forest
> work often requires that, and Velvia was often too slow while faster
> Fuji films rendered poor results. Even if E100VS did not push the one
> stop and all the other qualities were equal (which they aren't) the
> difference in having that extra stop is worth the switch. The two-stop
> push was as clean or cleaner than any 400-rated film I've worked with.
> Very acceptable grain increase and contrast gain was minimal. From a
> speed standpoint the beauty of the VS is that I can carry one film and
> get three out of it.
>
> Regarding exposure of the VS, I have found that my Nikon F5's expose it
> beautifully at ASA 100 - though my tests show that a 1/3 or 1/2
> underexposure increases saturation and contrast, though not
> objectionably and overexposure by 1/3 is tolerable, although a =BD is =
> not.
>
> When I first saw Kodak was delivering a new film and the scuttle was
> that it would rival Velvia I thought, like most, that it couldn't be
> just as good and wouldn't be worth switching - but IT IS BETTER - by
> more than just a stop.
>
> Gerry Ellis
>
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