Advantage to shooting slide film?

infrequent said:
@shg005 - is that true of all films for scanning? pull it by third of a stop and process normally?
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Not true for Kodachrome. It hates over exposure. I always under expose Kodachrome by 1/3rd stop by rating it at ISO 80. Of course, that was before the days of scanning. But most slides films hate any over exposure and completely blow highlights if only slightly over exposed. Under expsoure makes the colors super-saturated. But shadows can go completely black. oh well, that's the slide film trade off.

/T
 
I really like slide film but I must admit that I hardly shoot it these days. The formost reason I don't use it is that I send my E6 out for processing and it can take as long as a week to get back.
The other reason is that no one seems to remember slides except as usually boring presentations of someones holiday with the wife and kiddies.

I can't think of many ways one can present images any better than a well done slide projected on a screen. The lucious color, the reality, the natural brightness and on and on.
This thread has rekindled my interest.
 
is that true of all films for scanning? pull it by third of a stop and process normally?
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As Tuolumne says, no. But talking about Velvia, I've always shot it at the rated speed because I want nicely saturated slides for projection. But it really doesn't like underexposure (and is a pig to scan if there's too much contrast in the shot), so I can see how rating it slower for scanning could make sense.
 
And all this talk of Kodachrome has got me fired up about it again, so I've just ordered 30 rolls :D

Ok, so I'll have to send it half way round the world, and wait about a month to get it back. But it is Kodachrome, and if Kodachrome isn't worth a little effort and patience then nothing is.
 
be sure to try my favourite slide film, kodak e100GX (or its older version, if oyu can find it, e100SW - saturated warm). Excellent for anything, less cold and less saturated than velvia, but punchier than provia; and then, 6x6 size is the one to go for...

People will hate me for this, but I've tried Kodachrome 64 and i did not find it that much better than e100SW. Not at all, in fact. It is very contrasty, and difficult to tame in a scanner.
Maybe in 75 years i will see a difference between my old slides...maybe not.
 
I had my slides processed for 1 euro 20 cents last week (35mm).

They were pretty nice, but what I can't get my head around is that my scans from el-cheapo slide film from 1999 or so look better...
 
Speaking of Kodachrome, if anyone here has some overstock of it am all ears :)
 
slide processing (both 35mm and 120) cost me two days ago euro 2,95; same size colour neg is 3,15. This is locally; i can drop and pick it up in a few days.
 
mabelsound said:
Ha! No, it's me, indulging my other expensive hobby...
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Right - WB plays the Sadowsky strats, not a jag, or stang, or whatever - I have trouble telling them apart, especially if it's not right in front of me.
 
I have been shooting slides in the last 30 years. The emotion I have when I open a box from the lab and put the slide on the light table is great. it s a wondefull moment ! The only problem, here in Italy, is that number of laboratories developing slides is decreasing (due to not enough work) and some are no more working well. But go for slide, do not forget to expose for lightd and look for a good lab in your area. You will appreciate it !
robert
 
Ronald_H said:
I had my slides processed for 1 euro 20 cents last week (35mm).

They were pretty nice, but what I can't get my head around is that my scans from el-cheapo slide film from 1999 or so look better...
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In Europe, quite often the prices quoted are for E6 developing without mounting the slides into frames.
 
raid said:
In Europe, quite often the prices quoted are for E6 developing without mounting the slides into frames.
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These days I never have my slides mounted. First of all, the rounded corners force you to crop the slide when you scan. Second of all, unless you get a plastic mount, the cardboard mounts leave a ton of debris on the slide which is almost impossible to remove when scanning.

/T
 
Oooh, what a lot of people still like Kodachrome. the 25 was nicer, but we will take what we can get thank you Kodak.

For processing, the choice of lab can make a difference to colour cast and base density in E6. The Q-Lab scheme is a good sign, and probably Fuji have a similar standard(?) That used to be the level to look for when you needed excellent results from E6 - the (slight) drawback being the price I suppose.

Unmounted is handy, as you could then more easily scan before mounting up the slides you wanted to project in glass-mounts. I have two rolls of K64 waiting in the fridge . . . grey and brown mud is not that photogenic round here, so I hope Spring isn't on holiday.
 
iamzip said:
Right - WB plays the Sadowsky strats, not a jag, or stang, or whatever - I have trouble telling them apart, especially if it's not right in front of me.
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Hahaa! Actually, that guitar is an MIJ Squier Jagmaster that I heavily modified with P90's, Jaguar-style switches, and a matching sonic blue headstock. Maybe I ought to put it on my gear list...

As for Kodachrome processing...does Dwayne's typically mount the slides in plastic or cardboard frames?
 
mabelsound said:
Hahaa! Actually, that guitar is an MIJ Squier Jagmaster that I heavily modified with P90's, Jaguar-style switches, and a matching sonic blue headstock. Maybe I ought to put it on my gear list...

As for Kodachrome processing...does Dwayne's typically mount the slides in plastic or cardboard frames?
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Dwayne's mounts cardboard. Yuck. Last time I asked, plastic not available. How lame can you get?

/T
 
Does anyone have a suggestion for the perfect/good camera to shoot slides. Usually I just use whatever and use an incident light meter. Seems to work very well but is a tad slow.
I've been considering a Nikon F4.

Any thoughts?
 
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