Good Transparency film for showing accurate colour

[thefizz]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

under daylight epn under tungsten epy

 

[Dave Parker]

under daylight epn under tungsten epy

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

Dave

 

[Lee Shively]

I haven't shot color in 3 years so my information is probably outdated.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

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]

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]

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

Dave

 

[df cardwell]

Kodak EPN. The best of the best.
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[David A. Goldfarb]

EPN for accurate color.

 

[Daniel Lawton]

I like Astia or E100G.

 

[c6h6o3]

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

 

[jason314159]

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]

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]

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

 

[Ed_Davor]

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

 

[roteague]

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.