Yashica GSN and Velvia

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Anybody done it? I searched flickr and found a guy who was getting nice shots with 100f @ 125 (the GSN is set to 125), and got some cool stuff @ 200. I've noticed that the majority of the GSN shots with chromes (as seen on flickr) seem to have blown out highlights. I know I could run a test roll and bracket--but I figured if anyone had specific experience, asking would be faster. Also, my query is not limited to Velvia--any work with chromes and the electro would be relevant.

thanks guys
 
Nothing huh? Not a thing. Is it the question? Is it off base a bit? Is it because it isn't repair oriented? You guys xpro-ing all your slide film or something?--you like those blown out highlights cause they're "edgy" and "real"--gonna take some in the vintage clothing store down the street from the Urban Outfitters? Caught the Lomo train and wanna check out the view? Gonna "wear" it with tight-leg jeans and hornrims, and go to hipster parties, take a total of 2 shots, and calmly and cooly criticize digital? I bet they play a lot of Joy Division at that party. Girl from the vintage store digs the camera. She has sweet japanimation tats. Hot.

But seriously, nothing on proper Velvia exposure with the GSN?
 
Japanamation is pretty cool..

p.s. i've only shot negative film in my Electro... now if you'll excuse me, i've got a hipster party to go to.
 
bhop73 said:
now if you'll excuse me, i've got a hipster party to go to.
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ha. i bet you meet a girl with dark-dyed hair and short bangs--Take her back to your place and put on some Nick Drake records, and talk about David Hockney paintings (of course, she's an art major) and how your generation is simultaneously the most ideologically advanced and the most vapidly materialistic (of course neither of you fall into the latter catagory). The camera never comes up, but you keep wearing it because that's you--edgy, artsy, misanthropic, and hip.

Keep on living the dream man. I'm rooting for you.
 
I've only shot negative color film in my GSN, came out pretty cool. I love the way images look with the lens on this camera. Give Velvia a try and post some pics!
 
wilonstott said:
Nothing huh? Not a thing. Is it the question? Is it off base a bit? Is it because it isn't repair oriented? You guys xpro-ing all your slide film or something?--you like those blown out highlights cause they're "edgy" and "real"--gonna take some in the vintage clothing store down the street from the Urban Outfitters? Caught the Lomo train and wanna check out the view? Gonna "wear" it with tight-leg jeans and hornrims, and go to hipster parties, take a total of 2 shots, and calmly and cooly criticize digital? I bet they play a lot of Joy Division at that party. Girl from the vintage store digs the camera. She has sweet japanimation tats. Hot.

But seriously, nothing on proper Velvia exposure with the GSN?
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That's pretty funny^. But most people here are pretty far away from lomographers. And when it comes to blown highlights you are seeing on flickr with Velvia, are you sure they weren't x-proed? Whenever I tried x-proing, I got pretty bad blown highlights at box speed.
 
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Avotius said:
I only shoot provia in my GSN because most of the things I am shooting are people.
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Cool--work with that man. What results are you getting? Are you shooting it at prescribed speed or under/over-exposing it? Is the AE acting like it should? I know Provia isn't going to saturate to the crayola level that Velvia (especially 50) does, but they have similar exposure latitude (and I mean they overexpose easily). So--hows it working out?
 
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when it comes to blown highlights you are seeing on flickr with Velvia, are you sure they weren't x-proed? Whenever I tried x-proing, I got pretty bad blown highlights at box speed.
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Yea I'm sure they weren't xpro--just badly exposed. No crazy color shifts like grunge rock videos from the mid 90s. Either the people aren't setting the AE properly, or the AE gives an acceptable range for the more forgiving exposure latitude of print film--not just one guy either, a fair amount of shots from different people seem to have similar problems. Also, i hope my mere mention of lomo does not offend "most people" on this forum, i meant it in jest. ...patronize me...
 
wilonstott said:
ha. i bet you meet a girl with dark-dyed hair and short bangs--Take her back to your place and put on some Nick Drake records, and talk about David Hockney paintings (of course, she's an art major) and how your generation is simultaneously the most ideologically advanced and the most vapidly materialistic (of course neither of you fall into the latter catagory). The camera never comes up, but you keep wearing it because that's you--edgy, artsy, misanthropic, and hip.

Keep on living the dream man. I'm rooting for you.
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Thanks for the support.
 
Velvia most emphatically is a high contrast film, moreover one that "enhances" colour casts on highlights - handy for deep blue skies or orange sunsets, but rather nasty on bright white areas where you do not want colour spillover.

On flat subjects, it rates only at about ISO80. But on contrasty subjects, incident light and average metering won't cope with it, and you'd better expose it spotmetered at around ISO400-640 on the highlights, with plenty of bracketing.

Velvia is a poor choice for an all-automatic camera with exposure compensation only through a rather inaccessible ISO selector, like the Electro. You'd better use Provia or Astia, unless you shoot whole stretches at one light and angle where you only have to change the ISO setting once.
 
Velvia? No problem. Here are some from my GTN:
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Despite the seemingly primitive controls it does a good job.
 
Philip,
Nice shots!
What settings are you using for those shot?
Any exposure compensation? +/- a stop?
Also, what Velvia is that--50, 100, 100f?

thanks
 
Wil,

As much as I would like to tell you how smart I am at exposure compensation with the ISO dial, it's just a case of loading up at box speed, then point and shoot.

The Velvia shots were at about f8 and for anything even slightly into the sun I use the original Yashica rubber lens hood. And a UV filter when near the sea as I'd rather clean that than the lens.

The Velvia is the current 50, a Christmas present from 2007. It never occurred to me to buy any but then I had three rolls to use so I had to try it. I was surprised by the results, mainly because I heard that Velvia was tricky to use, even with a 'proper' meter.

So far I have not seen a blown highlight on a slide, but some clipping can occur when scanning a scene with a wide range, although not as much as I've seen with Kodachrome. I scan with a Coolscan V and Vuescan.

I'll be using some more for sure.

This is what happens when the sun is high:
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