Ektachrome 64 Experiences

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• Apr 27, 2007

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Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone had any experiences with shooting Ektachrome 64 slide film? Many folks seem to praise it while other eschew it for it's apparent graininess. Any recommedations or observations on this slide film would be appreciated.

 

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• Apr 27, 2007

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Very nice color!!! I use it on the streets and I love the results.

 

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I use to find this a very useful film. The colour rendition is very accurate to reality.

The film I used to replace Ektachrome 64 is Fuji Astia 100F. The colours are close, and the grain is very invisible.

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Gordon Moat
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I used it to do some copystand work. The B&W images I copied onto it came out with a cool tone. I much prefer Provia 100 for its neutrality. Copying a B&W photo onto colour slide is a good way to find out the colour characteristics of the film. E100VS had a strong magenta cast. Obviously there are many uses for film apart from copying, but I found it interesting.

 

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• Apr 29, 2007

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Thanks for your input everyone!

 

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• Apr 29, 2007

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Snapshot said:

Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone had any experiences with shooting Ektachrome 64 slide film? Many folks seem to praise it while other eschew it for it's apparent graininess. Any recommedations or observations on this slide film would be appreciated.

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Sorry I missed this earlier.

I started using this when it came out, when it wasn't too bad. Today it's about the worst slide film on the planet: slow, grainy, desaturated, blue. Friends at Kodak have said that the only reason they keep making it is that (inexplicably) people keep buying it, presumably because they have adapted their technique to using it. I CERTAINLY wouldn't choose it unless I were already very well used to it.

Which will bring in the usual hate mail...

Cheers,

R.