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[smakelijk11]

Hi there,

I was not at all pleased the with scans that I received back (colour balance was off) from the lab for this roll of Velvia 50. I rated the roll at 40 and let the light meter in my Nikon f100 give me the proper exposure. Please let me know if the colours look ok. Any other critique or comments would be greatly appreciated.


Link: http://sgour.zenfolio.com/p897258101


Thanks

 

[Sirius Glass]

It looks over exposed. Are you using box speed for the film?

 

[MattKing]

Your thread is a little lost, as this sub-forum is for Feedback and Discussion about APUG's operation, but I'm sure that a moderator will get around to moving it.

How does the actual transparency appear? It is extremely difficult to evaluate slides or negatives based on scans.

Generally speaking though, down rating (EI 40 instead of ISO 50) doesn't work well with slides.

 

[smakelijk11]

I was told that Velvia 50 should actually be rated for 40. This is the only exception to slide films, or so I have been told. I don't have the actual transparency yet. I'll find out in about a week or two (it's coming in from Belgium).

 

[MattKing]

I was told that Velvia 50 should actually be rated for 40. This is the only exception to slide films, or so I have been told. I don't have the actual transparency yet. I'll find out in about a week or two (it's coming in from Belgium).

I doubt you will be able to tell anything until you have the transparency in hand.
I'll let the Velvia 50 shooters out there comment on down-rating it.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I was told that Velvia 50 should actually be rated for 40. This is the only exception to slide films, or so I have been told. I don't have the actual transparency yet. I'll find out in about a week or two (it's coming in from Belgium).

Slide film has a narrow light latitude. Derating the speed from ISO 50 to ISO 40 slightly over exposes the film and risks burning out the high lights and loosing more shadow detail. Unless you really understand what you are doing, stick with the box film. Using the box speed gives the maximum latitude of the film. Varying the speed from box speed to correct for calibrated equipment, poor metering technique, getting more shadow detail, ... has about as many disadvantages as advantages. In general the film manufacturer knows more about its products than most film users.