Hi guys!
I bet there are some great amateur (or pro) travel
photographers out there and I need your advice and
experience with colour SLIDE films.
Which slide films do you recommend for THE BEST results when
shooting deserts or middle-eastern landscapes in general?
Does Fuji Velvia really have such incredible colour results?
Thanks to all for your suggestions!
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velvia is fantastic (and so is the price) it really is the
best stock around -- if you can't afford too many rolls of
it try provia by fuji as well...
velvia is just so warm that IMHO nothing else compares
assuming you do not live here, bring your own (hopefully)
duty free supply, as velvia can be very expensive and
sometimes only provia is available
happy snapping
Kodak 64 is excellent also. It has a nice tight grain and
the colours are lovely. Velvia is fine if you are a pro, and
even so, if your work is for commercial prints magazines
etc. photoshop does a pretty good job at hyping up the
colours to velvia level. Kodak has the strong advantage of
being cheap especially if you buy it with development
included. Even cheaper (by far!! at least in Australia) than
Fuji sensia. Avoid Agfa, there are too many disappointed
people out there that I've spoken to.
Also Velvia tends to spoil after a short while (1 month out
of the fridge). Add a couple of x-rays on top of that...
don't make me laugh!
kodak lost the plot years ago
what decade are you living in
Hi Beginner!
Special in the bright sun, gave dark results in the shadows!
As it's impossible makin' black to colours in slide-films,
I advise you to take colour prints.
Afterwards it's always possible to SCAN these negatives, by
finding out the white and black-point in your negatives.
(Agfa Duo-scan)
Anyway, if you prefer makin' slides, take Fuji, lovely in
the green and red areas.
I took twelve rolls in Egypt and Jordan last March
including Velvia, Kodachome 64 and Kodak elite. I wish I
had shot all Velvia for those eye popping colors, but the
64 probably gives the most true to life image and the grain
is nonexistant if you want to blow anything up. The elite
did pretty well, but I'm now a convert to Velvia.
regardless of your film choice, the ME is a highly
photogenic region. Have fun.