Is there anything as pretty as Velvia on a lighttable?

[Bill Kapinski]

Only thing prettier than that is 4x5 Velvia on a light table.

I would argue 8x10 on the light table

 

[Larry Cloetta]

I would argue 8x10 on the light table

Well, yeah. Won’t get an argument from me. I’ve never had the pleasure of shooting 8x10 transparencies myself, but did look at a collection of 8x10 landscape transparencies on a light table at David Brookover’s gallery. More gobsmacking than any high megapixel digital photo I have ever seen on a large 4K monitor, and those are impressive as well. But, not as impressive.

It’s a rare and glorious thing, 8x10 transparencies on a light table.
Expensive too.

 

[Calzone]

Nice story... can you post some of the photos here?

Ask Nellie. I gave the slides to her as a gift. A very pretty girl...

Cal

 

[kmallick]

I can't say I ever saw a 8x10 positive transparency, but holding up a 4x5 or viewing it on a lighttable is a treat! This picture really doesn't do justice to what viewing on a lighttable is. Honestly, there is absolutely nothing that compares to the fun of developing, holding, viewing and projecting a Velvia/Astia/Provia/Kodachrome/Agfachrome. Period.

 

[PKR]

Or Kodachrome

Yep, nothing film or digital comes even a bit close.

It ended a way of seeing and recording when it died. Creo IQ scans of my Kodachromes are better looking than anything i've seen produced by a digital camera.

 

[Skiff]

Transparency film is a league of its own. Not only on a light table, but even more in projection!
It is absolutely impossible to get such a quality in digital imaging:
The three-dimensionality of a slide is unique. Digital images are looking very flat in comparison.

The color brillance of chrome / reversal film is also unique. The detail resolution of slide projection is decades ahead of digital projection, which only offers tiny 8 MP resolution at best, and that at ridiculous high prices. I have done lots of side-by-side comparisons, and digital projection just sucks. Slide projection is king.

Yes, and Velvia 50 is really awesome. There is a reason why it is such a legend and "the" landscape film.

Exactly.
You have described it perfectly.

 

[raydm6]

Some Hasselblad transparencies: