Re: Sensia II?

[P3D Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Greg [nice name! ;-)], I infer from the above that you find Velvia to be
>somewhat grainier than KM 25...  Is this correct?

  I'd say they're about the same. But I do much more people
shooting with my Realist than with my Sputnik/twin-Ricohflex's
and I find the skin tones of Velvia to be too reddish. I like
the skin tones of Kodachrome 25 very much.

>I shoot 35mm exclusively.  My own opinion is that both the current crop
>of Ektachrome 100 (both the Elite II EB and E100S emulsions), and Velvia
>in particular, show much less noticeable grain than Kodachrome 25.  In
>fact I find the grain virtually undetectable in Velvia, even in a
>Themelized, halogenized Red-button.

  I have shot one roll of E100S (airplane hypers) and found
the grain to be fine but certainly not invisible in sky areas
and other areas without fine detail. Even K25 fails this test
but I find it the least objectionable.

Greg E.



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