illuminatus Posted January 15, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello everyone. I have been using almost exclusively Fuji Velvia50/100F. It's not getting cheap to use those. My local lab is no longer making prints from slides. I am thinking about changing to colour negative films. Could anyone recommend some films that resemble either Velvia 50 or 100F? Thanks. P.S. I am not quite ready to switch to M8 yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 Hi illuminatus, Take a look here Velvia replament recommendations. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
frc Posted January 15, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 15, 2007 What about bying a scanner, I shoot slides only and love the results I'm getting with this process. If you take time to learn to do the scanning and printing well it is very gratifying, and fun to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimF Posted January 15, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 15, 2007 Or have your lab scan the trannies to the required standard when they develop the film. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbrun Posted January 15, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 15, 2007 A scanner and high quality printer is the best option. A lab will scan your slides, but not at the same resolution that you will get, or with the same control, doing it yourself. Get a film scanner, not a flat bed. I've used the Nikon ED8000 for some time, as it also allows me to scan my medium format film. A high qaulity printer is the next thing of order. Both purchases will set you back a bit, but you will be very pleased with the result. (All this assumes you have a computer.) You will have complete control, but for the processing, of your work. The resulting quality, with enough pratice and education, will surpass what you get from your lab. And the workflow will be satisfying in and of itself, espcecially at those times when you have the urge to do something photographically, but shooting is not an option. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 15, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 15, 2007 Yes, scan and/or print yourself. Or find another lab. You're using a Leica, the film and printing is the cheap part of the process! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
illuminatus Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted January 15, 2007 I have made two 16x20 prints by a local lab. I don't remember the exact price, but the cost of having two slide scanned cost me more than $170CAD and making two prints was another $70. As you can see, it's not getting any cheaper although I am very pleased with the results. Well, I guess I will be shopping for a Nikon scanner and printer. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted January 15, 2007 Share #7 Posted January 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Daniel, unfortunately there is no replacement film for Velvia. Nothing else approaches the color saturation. I'm still shooting Velvia and scanning it. If it goes away the only alternative may be digital to achieve a similar type of saturation. However, the good news is that Fuji has reintroduced Velvia 50 so chances are it isn't going away anytime soon. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frc Posted January 16, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 16, 2007 Illuminatus, second time on this thread I'm advising someone to buy a scanner, 70 + 170 CAD sounds like a lotta money, ( don't know exactly € vs. CAD but nevertheless ) Purchase & development only costs me €12,.. and the scanner which I bought 3 years ago cost me about €300,00 and has given me thousands of scans since. Perhaps I'm spoilt having a real pro-lab at walking distance but to me the process of shooting slidefilm, having it develloped and scanning it myself is very rewarding to me, time, cost and qualitywise. And if you like shooting slides I think ( IMHO ) this is the way to go. Beside all this, making your own prints is much more fun than having someone else doing it for you, and after some study and practice you'll start realising the extras you get with having the whole proces in your own hands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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