Ojo Caliente River
Mamiya 7ll, I think I used the Mamiya 150mm f4.5 lens for this one
Fuji Astia 100F (For the bright, contrasty mid-day sun, I don't think there is a better choice of film)
Lotusm50 wrote:
I do, however, want to give the recent Provia 400X a try. I understand it is a big improvement over the earlier 400 speed Provia. I wish Kodak would extent the technology used in the 100G films to a 400 speed film.
In Kodak's tech sheets, there are references to ISO 400 and 1600 Ektachrome emulsions, but I can't tell whether they use T-grain emulsions as the E100G and I have never seen them retailed and they aren't listed on Kodak's site. Kodak indicates that E200 can be pushed to EI 800 without affecting the color balance. I also think the Provia 400X looks interesting. Fuji indicates its RMS grain is 11, which is equal to the grain of E100VS and 1 level finer than E200. I could see it as a very useful film for wildlife and other applications where higher shutter speeds are needed.
mawz wrote:
Provia 100F is all about one thing. Long exposures. There's no colour emulsion which can come close to touching its reciprocity characteristics (No failure until 2 minutes).
Kodak indicates that E100G does not need a color correction filter for reciprocity until 2 minutes as well, but I've never tested this myself. In fact I haven't shot an exposure longer than 30 seconds on film in many years, so I don't have an example on Provia either. I had planned to shoot some star trails on 4X5 last May in the Maze District, but it was cloudy every evening on that trip.
mrladewig wrote:
Kodak indicates that E100G does not need a color correction filter for reciprocity until 2 minutes as well, but I've never tested this myself. In fact I haven't shot an exposure longer than 30 seconds on film in many years, so I don't have an example on Provia either. I had planned to shoot some star trails on 4X5 last May in the Maze District, but it was cloudy every evening on that trip.
Yes, but E100G does need exposure compensation prior to 2 minutes, Provia 100F needs neither.
my friend Marko and I shot this together, 8x10 Arista EDU 100, 12" Gundlach Radar lens, and Chamonix 8x10 camera. I can't remember what the exposure was, it was several minutes at least. It was getting dark, difficult to focus/tilt, but it turned out not to bad We probably should have let it go for another minute or two, the negative turned out pretty thin. I like the shot though!
Jan 21, 2009 at 05:03 PM
We probably should have let it go for another minute or two, the negative turned out pretty thin. I like the shot though! 
