Does Provia tend to show strong blue casts?

George Mann · Jun 14, 2017

When used without a warming filter?

dmr · Jun 14, 2017

Depends on your light.

I find slide films, both Brand F and Brand K, to be less forgiving, color-wise, than the print films.

fdonadio · Jun 14, 2017

Especially in sunny days, I get a string blue cast in shadows with Provia 100.

Strangely, blue skies get kinda "deep purple" late in the evening. you can get some very interesting sunsets.

tim_walls · Jun 15, 2017

George Mann said:
When used without a warming filter?

In my experience yes; not to quite the same extent as Kodachrome used to (not a criticism of the one-true-slide-film, but it was definitely a film that performed better on a hypothetical Californian summer day than a typical British drizzle), but yes.

Still never found anything that gave slides that matched colours in my head (if you see what I mean) better that Ektachrome E100VS. Beautiful punchy colour without the unreal casts of, say, Velvia.

darkroom_rookie · Jun 15, 2017

tim_walls said:
Still never found anything that gave slides that matched colours in my head (if you see what I mean) better that Ektachrome E100VS. Beautiful punchy colour without the unreal casts of, say, Velvia.

Couldn't agree more. E100G and E100GX were great, too. But the best slide film I've ever seen and developed was Astia - just gorgeous.

adelorenzo · Jun 15, 2017

I shot a lot of Provia in the winter and definitely found it picked up a blue/purple cast especially on snow. I always kept a Skylight 1A filter on my lens and that seemed to help.

I also found that I liked the way it did that on some images, for example:
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George Mann · Jun 15, 2017

OK. Thanks for your input. I have ordered a B+W KR1.5 and KR3 to start with.

thuggins · Jun 15, 2017

Short answer:Yes. Long answer:YYYYYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss.

I've got some shots that were done with VS and Provia that are essentially identical, taken within minutes of each other. You really can't appreciate the difference until you see them side by side; it is like night and day. A warming filter definitely helps Provia.

I still have several dozen rolls of VS in the fridge and am making daily sacrifices to the Great Yellow God that the reborn Ektachrome will come in a VS version.

George Mann · Jun 15, 2017

thuggins said:
the Great Yellow God

All bow to the Great Yellow God!

tim_walls · Jun 16, 2017

thuggins said:
Short answer:Yes. Long answer:YYYYYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss.

I've got some shots that were done with VS and Provia that are essentially identical, taken within minutes of each other. You really can't appreciate the difference until you see them side by side; it is like night and day. A warming filter definitely helps Provia.

I still have several dozen rolls of VS in the fridge and am making daily sacrifices to the Great Yellow God that the reborn Ektachrome will come in a VS version.

I am currently wondering if it's cheaper to sacrifice my firstborn to the Great Yellow God, or to come over there and steal your fridge.

On second thoughts, I don't have kids. You might wanna consider a lock on that thing, wouldn't want anything to happen to it...

keenmaster486 · Jun 16, 2017

tim_walls said:
wouldn't want anything to happen to it...

...guv'ner

trondsi · Jun 16, 2017

Yes, Provia often can look blueish in strong mid day light for instance. It really shines in warm light (e.g. sunset), when it seems to be (in my eyes) better balanced than other color films.

Slixtiesix · Jun 17, 2017

darkroom_rookie said:
Couldn't agree more. E100G and E100GX were great, too. But the best slide film I've ever seen and developed was Astia - just gorgeous.

Absolutely! I tried Provia 100F as a substitute when they discontinued Astia, but did not find it a convincing alternative. I much preferred the warmer colours of Astia to the cooler tone of Provia.

GarageBoy · Jun 19, 2017

Yup - blue in direct light in the shadows - I never tried it, but the tiffen 812 filter was recommended to help at this
Wish I could trade provia 100f for ektachrome (though that had it's own blue cast)

Does Provia tend to show strong blue casts?

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