At 16:51 8/12/00 , Ken Norton wrote:
[snip]
>
>Ektachrome Nuclear 100: I forgot which film type it was, but Joel gave me
>a role of this nifty super-saturated Kodak film that makes Disneyworld look
>like an old B&W movie. I couldn't believe how much color it found in
>monochromatic scenes. Think Velvia on acid! I like saturated colors, but
>I think we finally reached a saturation point in my tolerance of
>saturation! This is a special use film, in my book. I liked it very much,
>but would use it when you desparately are in search of color--not when it
>already exists.
>
This is Kodak's Elitechrome 100 Extra Color. The professional version is
E100VS. The names are an extreme understatement. If Fuji was "good" with
Velvia, then Kodak went several steps further to be "better" with E100VS.
Your description of it is fitting. I've used one or two rolls in 35mm and
a couple E100VS in 120 size, and it is a bit too much for me. The colors
are so super duper highly saturated they no longer resemble reality. Keep
in mind this opine is coming from a K25 and K64 lover. You're right it's a
film for special use: scenic or landscape *without* people any closer than
the middle ground. It is absolutely horrible with skin tone and saturates
the underlying pink into an ugly red/orange. Caucasians turn into tomatoes
and pumpkins. I guess if you want transparencies that behave like Mexican
Jumping Beans on the light table and leap noticeably higher than Velvia,
this might be the stuff you're looking for. Oddly, a local store replaced
all of its Elitechrome 100 with the Elitechrome 100 Extra Color. The racks
of Elite 100 were often empty because of local demand for it. Now they're
having fire sales of the Elite 100 Extra Color to get rid of it before it
expires. They still haven't got the message and put Elite 100 back yet.
-- John
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