What are you rating velvia at? I dont shoot slides much and at iso 50 I had a few underexposures. Curious if I should rate at 40 or get an incident meter?
Oh I should say that I like the contrast and saturation in more compressed lighting situations but I have been unable to get good exposure in high contrast situations. Maybe provia has more dynamic range?
redisburning wrote:
Nate, love the kid with the medals.
What are you rating velvia at? I dont shoot slides much and at iso 50 I had a few underexposures. Curious if I should rate at 40 or get an incident meter?
Oh I should say that I like the contrast and saturation in more compressed lighting situations but I have been unable to get good exposure in high contrast situations. Maybe provia has more dynamic range?
Thanks, I'm no technical expert but I'd say Velvia has more dynamic range, but it has far thicker blacks than Provia so without a good scan you'll never have a chance to appreciate the deeper range into the shadows. I use a Sekonic L-308 and normally shoot the slightest amount to the left as the situation dictates. I try to never underexpose my subject because it's just next to impossible to recover that while even a stop overexposed Velvia slide can be passable. I mean I've recovered shots maybe 2 stops underexposed, but I hate postprocessing.
some from my recent short trip to croatia. nothing spectacular really, i was more or less trying out my new yashica mat. took a lot of portraits, too, but i will not post them without my friends consent.
I've got an embarrassing question for you experienced film guys. I have a 120 roll in my Pentax 67 with five shots left. The problem is that I don't remember which film type is in the camera. It's either Velvia 50 or Portra 400.. I don't have access to a darkroom so I can't open the camera and take a look.
Is there a reasonable way to solve or work around this or do I simply have to take a guess and hope it's the right one?
denoir wrote:
I've got an embarrassing question for you experienced film guys. I have a 120 roll in my Pentax 67 with five shots left. The problem is that I don't remember which film type is in the camera. It's either Velvia 50 or Portra 400.. I don't have access to a darkroom so I can't open the camera and take a look.
Is there a reasonable way to solve or work around this or do I simply have to take a guess and hope it's the right one?
Shoot it at 50. If it is Velvia you're good. If it is Portra, 3 stops over won't make much of a difference on the prints but it will be trickier to scan. Nothing that can't be salvaged though.
On the other hand, if you shoot it at 400 and it ends up being Velvia it's junked.
But in the end, it's just 5 shots, might as well just get it out and send it for processing without second guessing. It's not exactly $100 of film you'll be wasting.
corposant wrote:
The new Portra films seem to push incredibly well!
Thanks! The Portra film is pretty forgiving, but I hear it's only good to be pushed/pulled 1 stop anymore than that and it's junk. I'll probably still try it once just to see what it looks like.
rsolti13 wrote:
Zach - unreal shots of the dunes! Great work
Nate - great shots, my favorite is the kid with the medals
Thanks Ryan!
Tai Nguyen wrote:
Thanks! The Portra film is pretty forgiving, but I hear it's only good to be pushed/pulled 1 stop anymore than that and it's junk. I'll probably still try it once just to see what it looks like.
Everyone has different standards but I'm not sure junk is the right word:
My only 8x10 from GSDNP. Didn't like my shots from out here. Didn't bother cleaning it up and the scan isn't very good. Would have loved to use it on the dunes but I broke the ground glass.
