Good Transparency film for showing accurate colour

thefizz · Jan 31, 2006

I am photographing wooden furniture and need a transparency film that will show accurate colours of the different woods.

I have Fuji Provia, Astia and Velvia in stock but can get other brands if required.

Any recommendations?

Peter

Dave Parker · Jan 31, 2006

I have always used provia for stock work, neutral colors with very fine grain..I also know alot of people like Astia, Velvia will be to saturated for a shoot of this nature.

Dave

BradS · Jan 31, 2006

Yeah, I'd go with the Provia. Kodak E100G might also be a good choice but, if you have Provia and are familiar with it, go with that.

thefizz · Jan 31, 2006

Thanks guys,

I have so far used Provia and it seems to be fairly accurate. I know Velvia is too much for this sort of work so I may try some Astia and compare with the Provia.

Peter

roteague · Jan 31, 2006

Provia, it is the sharpest of the bunch, with good, strong, but accurate colors. Velvia is too much, unless you are going for the arty look.

jd callow · Jan 31, 2006

under daylight epn under tungsten epy

Dave Parker · Jan 31, 2006

mrcallow said:
under daylight epn under tungsten epy

Both good films, but around here getting real hard to find...hence the provia..

Dave

Lee Shively · Jan 31, 2006

I haven't shot color in 3 years so my information is probably outdated.

Although Provia and Velvia have advantages in terms of sharpness and grain, Astia used to be considered the most accurate in rendering colors.

thefizz · Jan 31, 2006

Thank you all for your advise.

For the next job I will shoot both Provia and Astia and compare. Now I'm off to bed, night all.

Peter

Craig · Jan 31, 2006

If you're using 35mm, Kodachrome, otherwise EPN is a very neutral film. I find most of the Fujichromes to be too saturated - pleasing, but not accurate.

Dave Parker · Jan 31, 2006

Kodachrome? My favorite film, but not very practical in this day and age..

Dave

df cardwell · Jan 31, 2006

Kodak EPN. The best of the best.
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David A. Goldfarb · Jan 31, 2006

EPN for accurate color.

Daniel Lawton · Jan 31, 2006

I like Astia or E100G.

c6h6o3 · Jan 31, 2006

I like EPY for everything. The daylight chromes have too much contrast.

jason314159 · Feb 1, 2006

thefizz said:
I am photographing wooden furniture and need a transparency film that will show accurate colours of the different woods.

I have Fuji Provia, Astia and Velvia in stock but can get other brands if required.

Peter

Others have recommended EPN and I agree; for this type of assignment it excels. That's why it is still around. You should at least evaluate it versus Astia. With my setup I generally expose EPN at EI 100.

Willie Jan · Feb 1, 2006

the new velvia 100 is somewhat more unsaturated the the 50.
It's a very fine grain film. Have a look at the fuji site for more info.

I too used the provia-F in the past, but i like the saturation more...

eddym · Feb 1, 2006

I'll give another vote to Kodak EPN. I shoot 4x5 transparencies of art work for reproduction, and EPN is my choice.

Ed_Davor · Feb 1, 2006

That's right folks, keep EPN and similar Ektachromes the ones that will go last

roteague · Feb 1, 2006

Willie Jan said:
the new velvia 100 is somewhat more unsaturated the the 50.

I'm not too sure about that. I just spent a month in New Zealand shooting Velvia 100, the only difference I saw was in the greens, everything else was the same.

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