Some lovely pics there, Chris
Hope you don't mnd a little curmudgeonly rant here.
My recollection from the old days is that pushing a film generally
increases contrast and/or grain. Is this not true of current slide
films? Back when I shot mostly slides, if I needed a faster film, I just
used one designed from the ground up for that speed. Still do that with
negative film today.
If a slide film doesn't have enough density range to capture all the
range of light I want, why use it? Are there not slide films out there
that will do the job? If not, unless one actually does slide shows, why
not use negative film and capture the full range of light.
End rant.
Moose
Chris Barker wrote:
I was quite disappointed this week to receive back my slides of
Ireland. The Provia 100F had pushed nicely to ISO400 and the slides
came back quickly (out by post Monday, back Wednesday!). There were 3
problems: the slides had a few bits of dust on them which required
quite a bit of spotting with clone tool etc...; the contrast in
Ireland had been a bit too much for the film and I have had to accept
washed out highlights in the sky to see the detail in the fore- and
mid-ground;
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