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  Photography Forum: Photography Help Forum: 
  Q. Natural Color Film for Landscapes

Asked by Brad     (K=179) on 5/31/2005 
Please help me. I am looking for a NATURAL COLOR film for landscapes. My priorities are:
1. Natural Color as the eye really sees it.
2. Very sharp low grain film for very large enlargements.
I know people want to suggest a more saturated/higher contrast film for landscapes but I want to shoot what I actually see.
Any suggestions?
Brad


    



 Chris Lauritzen   (K=14949) - Comment Date 5/31/2005
Print film = Fuji Reala
Slide film = Fuji Provia 100f





 Raoul Endres   (K=2676) - Comment Date 5/31/2005
Kodak E100GX - being devils advocate here, but I really like the more gental tones for some things.





 Kim Culbert   (K=37070) - Comment Date 5/31/2005
I would agree with Chris for the slide film... Provia has a very natural look to it and the colours represent themselves accurately.





 Richard Dakin   (K=12915) - Comment Date 5/31/2005
I like Kodak Portra 160 VC for a landscape print film. There are some examples of this (for colour reference) in my portfolio, before I switched to my D70.





 Bjorn Beheydt   (K=12096) - Comment Date 6/1/2005
I totally agree with Chris here, Fuji is what you need to show nature at its best and most natural.





 Brad    (K=179) - Comment Date 6/1/2005
I have heard complaints that Reala does not show the correct color of the sky. I have heard that it renders a lighter cast. Has anyone experienced this with Reala?






 Dana Finchum   (K=2200) - Comment Date 6/2/2005
Portra 160vc is a very good film that gives consistant results.

Dana





 George Marks   (K=15437) - Comment Date 6/9/2005
Kodachrome.




James McGinnis
 James McGinnis   (K=6045) - Comment Date 6/9/2005

Fuji, fuji and then....fuji.

Reala is nice. I've had no complaints but I do prefer Provia. The Kodak GX is OK but, in my never to be humble opinion, doesn't quite measure up when compared to Fuji.

I have not been impressed with the Portra film. Not in the least. I shot some Raptors at an exhibit hoping for some really nice pictures. What I got back was flat and dull. Stay clear of Portra.





 Howard Kennedy   (K=420) - Comment Date 6/12/2005
Strangely enough, because it is primarly aimed at fashion photography, but I found myself with half a roll of Fuji Astia 100f in the camera and shot some landscape on it and I was amazed.

I've always found Fuji Provia to have slightly muted colours and the likes of Kodak EPR and Fuji Velvia higher saturation and contrst than real life.

The Astia shocked me because it was (to my eye) the most accurate representation of colour and tone of the lot.





 Alexander Dederer   (K=1511) - Comment Date 6/17/2005
Slide: Fiju Provia 100F - fully natural color. Bu may give more blue tone if exposure is wrong.

Negative: Fujicolor NPS 160 - natural color, standard contrast.






 Jonathan Longfellow   (K=24) - Comment Date 6/17/2005
I would say Fuji Reala... My boss shoots it and i do to every now and then. Its good stuff. I prefer Velvia 50 or now the new 100 (not the 100f. its good but not as good as 50).




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