Poll: Do you use slide film?

Poll: Do you use slide film?

  • Never

    Votes: 135 19.0%

  • Occasionally

    Votes: 261 36.7%

  • Frequently

    Votes: 254 35.7%

  • Other: e.g. I shoot slides but in my SLR instead

    Votes: 61 8.6%
  • Total voters
    711
I have never shot slide film but I am curious to try it. Any favourites for film I should try and I guess a really important question how much does it cost to get processed?

Bill
 
IMO Fuji Sensia 100 is a good allround slide film. Kodak Elitechrome 100 a close second but looking at my slides from Madrid I should have underexposed 1/3 to 1/2 stop, it has some anoying green cast in the shaddows.

Both films cost in germany around 15 Euro per five pack including development. That's cheaper than C-41 film in this class.
 
Another Question on Slide Film

Another Question on Slide Film

Socke said:
IMO Fuji Sensia 100 is a good allround slide film. Kodak Elitechrome 100 a close second but looking at my slides from Madrid I should have underexposed 1/3 to 1/2 stop, it has some anoying green cast in the shaddows.

Both films cost in germany around 15 Euro per five pack including development. That's cheaper than C-41 film in this class.
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Thanks for the information Socke, this will be a dumb question as I have used c-41 and black and white since I got into this grand hobby. Can I get prints made from slides?

Bill
 
yes, most labs do that from framed slides, but it's more expensive than prints from C-41.

I usualy have prints made from my scans.
 
Socke said:
IMO Fuji Sensia 100 is a good allround slide film. Kodak Elitechrome 100 a close second .
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Sensia can get extremely blue, the backside of the medal. I was hesitating, but after a recommendation of a experienced slide user I bought some of the "Extra Color" version of the 100 Elitechrome, and I love it ! Seems tolerant !

bertram
 
You are really lucky guys if you are able to use the slide film! In places of residence like mine one cannot easily buy or process slide film no more! You have to wait about 2 weeks to develop. (When slide film should be processed immediately after shooting!)
The reason for this? Most people are amateurs with digital p&s, so the demand for the slide film has come to 0 - and its selling & processing was dropped.
 
iliks,

I live near Chicago, in the USA, and my situation is exactly the same. I can only buy slide film from New York through the mail, and then I send it off to Arizona for slide processing by Fuji labs.

You are not alone!

Ricardo
 
In the 80's I would shoot Kodachrome 64, then have Cibachrome prints made from my favorites. Some of those prints lived on the walls of friends and family for years, showing little sign of fading. Cibachrome prints were awesome for their bright contrast and rich color. No interneg in the process.

I miss both products. It's very difficult to get Kodachrome developed now, and I don't know of anyone who prints Cibachrome. I'm not even sure it is being produced anymore. Does any one know?
 
RicardoD said:
I live near Chicago, in the USA, and my situation is exactly the same. I can only buy slide film from New York through the mail, and then I send it off to Arizona for slide processing by Fuji labs.
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Hmmmm ... I find it kind of hard to believe that in the Chicago area, slide film is not available over the counter, ditto for convenient processing.

I live literally out in the sticks between Omaha and Lincoln, and there are countless places (Target', Wally World) that sell at least some slide film (Elite Chrome), and the two branches of the area's remaining "real" camera shop has a good stock of Ektachrome and Fuji and such.

(at least) Two labs in the area, both right on the way to work, easy drive, do same day E6. I'm sure there are several doing it in a larger market such as Chicago.
 
Ok, guys, I should have said in my immediate area in my tiny suburb of Chicago, meaning the corner Walgreens and Target! :D

Yes, I can get slide film at Helix and the other places you mentioned and one hour processing not too far away. I would love to shoot a roll of Kodachrome before it totally disappears.
 
Like Oldprof I have used slides in teaching for many years, and I do fieldwork that usually involves shooting 1000-1200 each summer. But I am making the transition to Powerpoint for teaching now, and will take a digital camera this summer (along with less film than usual). I have always liked slides because, as long as you use fine grain film, and good lenses, you can economically shoot a huge number of high-quality images that take little space to store and are relatively easy to sort. I know digital files are even easier to sort and search for if named and indexed, but you have to be more systematic in your cataloging.

I also agree that slide shows of family photos are fun, and large, transmitted light photos have a special effect missing from small prints.

For the last few years I have really enjoyed shooting Provia 100 F in a Leica with a coated Summitar, and I'll keep doing that as long as the film is available and not overly expensive.
 
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There's always a roll of 100VS living in one of my bodies at any time, usually in the xpan or the Mamiya 7. I used to shoot b/w Agfa Scala transparencies until Agfa decided to quite the film business altogether... pity, that was some amazing stuff.
 
Terence T said:
There's always a roll of 100VS living in one of my bodies at any time, usually in the xpan or the Mamiya 7. I used to shoot b/w Agfa Scala transparencies until Agfa decided to quite the film business altogether... pity, that was some amazing stuff.
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I just got the latest B&H photo catalog and it lists Agfapan Scala 200 in 35mm and 120 rolls. There is other Agfa as well.
 
Since color prints are what I am after, I shoot color negative film. Since I run my own color darkroom, printing is fairly inexpensive.
 
I pretty much shoot colour neg. usually 400 fuji. But the last couple of rolls,the sky/clouds have been disappointing, so I might swing back to slide film
 
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