Anybody buying color sheet film these days?

qqphot · Sep 3, 2023

It's a very nice medium, though.

miha · Sep 3, 2023

qqphot said:
It's a very nice medium, though.

And so is your photo.

Anon Ymous · Sep 3, 2023

koraks said:
Yup. And I can get behind it, too.

Many of us can.

GLS · Sep 5, 2023

Yes I do, although I've slowed down recently; partly due to cost/availability, and partly because my fridge is full...

I also tend to go through phases of focusing on either B&W or colour shooting, and at the minute I'm in one of the former. That will change once autumn comes around though.

Photomultiplier · Sep 5, 2023

I bought a box of E100 4x5" in addition to my Fuji stash just yesterday as i want to try it in LF and with my new 812 warming filter. Didn't really like it in the past without filters, but then i read some article where a 812 was used and i really liked the results shown.

Otherwise it's the same as GLS, freezer is starting to get full (but mostly with 120 Fuji)

Andrew O'Neill · Sep 5, 2023

Nope. I haven't bought any since the late 90's. It was a box of Velvia.

Alan Edward Klein · Sep 5, 2023

Photomultiplier said:
I bought a box of E100 4x5" in addition to my Fuji stash just yesterday as i want to try it in LF and with my new 812 warming filter. Didn't really like it in the past without filters, but then i read some article where a 812 was used and i really liked the results shown.

Otherwise it's the same as GLS, freezer is starting to get full (but mostly with 120 Fuji)

Ektachrome is cooler than Provia with redder reds and greener greens. Provia's reds are more orangey. Of course, both without filters. My favorite has been Velvia 50 but it;s no longer being made and I'm down to my last two boxes in the freezer. It's seems to be coming a better investment than Apple stock growing in value every day.

Here's digital snap taken with cell phone with both films on light pad.

Photomultiplier · Sep 5, 2023

@Alan Edward Klein: I do not want to divert the thread, but at what speed did you expose the E100?

Alan Edward Klein · Sep 5, 2023

Photomultiplier said:
@Alan Edward Klein: I do not want to divert the thread, but at what speed did you expose the E100?

I shot both at f/22 1/4 sec. Cloudy skies. Interesting that the Ektachrome is darker. But I don't recall whether the lighting changed between shots.

Photomultiplier · Sep 5, 2023

What ISO rating?

Sirius Glass · Sep 5, 2023

Photomultiplier said:
@Alan Edward Klein: I do not want to divert the thread, but at what speed did you expose the E100?

Box speed ISO 100. Anything else blows out the high lights or is too dark. There is not a lot of range of exposure with slide film.

Photomultiplier said:
What ISO rating?

Film speed, formally called ASA.

GLS · Sep 5, 2023

Photomultiplier said:
What ISO rating?

FWIW, I rate both Provia and Ektachrome at 100 and get results as expected based off spot-metered values. Same with Velvia 50 rated at 50.

GLS · Sep 5, 2023

qqphot said:
It's a very nice medium, though.

Very true. Nothing quite like a large format slide. Velvia especially IMO.

Perhaps dancing too close to "a bit much" here, courtesy of a CPL, but I think it just stops short enough:

Luminous Aspens by atomstitcher, on Flickr

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