Negative vs Slide..

[jaimiepeeters]

When you shoot street, fashion, models, people, with day and flash light... it appears to me that slide films just have more detail, less grain and more contrast than negative.

Anyone care to comment or correct?

 

[literiter]

Slide films sure look better when viewed side by side with neg films, but on my scanner they appear pretty much the same.

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

When you shoot street, fashion, models, people, with day and flash light... it appears to me that slide films just have more detail, less grain and more contrast than negative.

Anyone care to comment or correct?

Agreed. I prefer transparency personally. Although most colour negative films have more dynamic range.

Transparency is also less forgiving of exposure errors than negative. Rather than being a problem, I find it is simply more rewarding to use, because you have to get it right for best results and it's satisfying when you do. I can certainly appreciate that in some situations it would be a disadvantage, though.

Projected transparencies are still hard to surpass IMHO; this is sometimes overlooked but is reason enough for me to continue using 35mm Velvia. I still fantasise about finding a Rollei P11 and experiencing projected 6x6...
Regards,
Brett

 

[BobYIL]

It depends.. Slide films usually exhibit more saturation so they look more contrasty (deeper tones) and for the same ISO ratings regarding resolution power they hardly resolve more than negative films. For example the Ektar resolves as much as the Velvia 50 and grain size is extremely fine. With today's modern emulsions these two categories do compare well to each other as far as grain size and sharpness are concerned however slide films may seem a little sharper due to the enhanced microcontrast originated from higher saturation. I think most of the differences you noticed were due to our preferences of using hi-speed negative films usually as they are real handy to cover any situation like the ISO 400 B&W films.