I was told to go with Vlevia because how well it works here in Hawaii.
I was told by Tim of The Slideprinter
Type "R" and Digital Printing Specialist
Service@The Slideprinter.com to also try E100VS
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I've tried both Fuji Velvia and Fuji Provia. It seemed to me the "grain"
was much more visible in the Provia than the Velvia which isn't what
other people have reported. I may be remembering wrong or mixed up what
I was looking at. (I look at my slides with a microscope so even though
I say the grain is more noticeable it can still be very good). I do want
to enlarge my pictures to 8x10 or more, so grain is very important to
me.
I haven't used Kodak E100VS in my OM cameras. I tried a number of
different Kodak films in my Mamiya (120 roll film) when I went to Zion.
I believe they were E100PP, E100PN, and E64PR (if I remember correctly).
The Kodak films are pretty good and might be better than Velvia in some
locations. I suspect they might have worked at Bryce Canyon better than
the Velvia because the Velvia seemed to reduce the yellow shades. On the
other hand the Kodak film didn't seem to produce quite as nice of colors
at Zion. The rocks at Zion are slightly red, gray or white. The Kodak
film had a slight red/brown tint while the Velvia was more pink.
I like the blue sky's of Kodachrome better than the blue of Velvia. Both
are nice but I believe the color of Kodachrome is more what my eye sees.
I've read that the E100VS tends to be orange. I've seen web pages which
claim to show this but it's very hard to judge from a web page. It
probably would work great at Bryce.
There are a couple very large pictures at work ( about 20" by 30") which
were taken with a film that emphasized the orange tints. The pictures
although very well composed, I think are terrible. They've been enlarged
too much making the "grain" obvious. The orange tint makes the tree
trunks look wrong / ugly. I wouldn't be happy with whatever that film
was. The orange tint works very poorly with brown colors.
A lot of the pictures I take have pale shades of colors because there
are so many rocks and so much dirt. The Velvia does pretty good for
this. I think Kodachrome is probably more accurate color wise. I think
that some version of the Kodak Ektachrome would probably be best for
general use (when Kodachrome is no longer available or too expensive). I
haven't figured out which one though.
With Kodachrome not available in 120 roll film, I will probably
experiment with Ektachrome quite a bit this summer. I got an old
Horseman camera that I can change the film back on. I'll be able to make
side by side comparisons between different versions of Fuji and Kodak
film.
I'll be very interested in what you find with the different films. I
suspect you'll probably be very happy with Velvia or Provia for birds
but will find an Ektachrome that is better for water sports and things
where there are bright colors and plenty of blue sky.
I'm a long time Kodachrome user who is starting to experiment with other
films. My impressions aren't solid yet. I may change my mind as I get
more experience with different film.
Best wishes,
-Jeff
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