Travel Slide Film

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I realize questions like this one, in one form or another, have been asked numerous times, but I would like to know the opinion of forum members as to their recommendations for a general purpose, all-round slide film for travel photography. As always, I am grateful for your assistance.

-- Max Wall (mtwall@earthlink.net), April 01, 2002

Answers

I like Provia 100F and new Sensia 100 for travel.

-- sunil (yatsunil@hotmail.com), April 01, 2002.

My all-round film is Kodak's standard EliteChrome 100 (*not* the Extra Color!). In fact I've still got a boatload of the earlier labeling EliteII in my freezer that I'm working my way through.

-- Jay (infinitydt@aol.com), April 01, 2002.

Fuji Provia 100 and 400 as well as Velvia are my favorites. The 400 can be easily pushed to 1600 and the palette is great. My only concern now is the radiation at the airport. Despite their denials, I have had several rolls of 400 ASA film destroyed by the airport passenger X-ray machines and warn you to minimize the number of radiation passes as it is cumulative and to not bring any ASA 400 film. Buy it there and have it processed there!!

-- Albert Knapp MD (albertknappmd@mac.com), April 01, 2002.

Max,

Depends on where you might be travelling. I just came back from a week in Scottsdale, AZ where I shot Kodak E100VS exclusively and only found it lacking in speed for very early / late in the day shots or while touring the interior of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West.

While in New York City right after the first of the year, I used E400 exclusively and found that it handled most situations easily.

I tend to like the color renditions of the Ektachrome family over their Fuji counterparts.

-Nick

-- Nicholas Wybolt (nwybolt@earthlink.net), April 01, 2002.


I go along with Jay: Elitechrome 100 is an excellent general purpose film, E100S is slightly more saturated, Elitechrome Extra Color is good for scenics, not for caucasian faces, Fuji Provia 400 is good for low light, but with travel and X-ray machines, slower is better - and the more machines film goes through, the greater the chance of fogging.

-- David Killick (dalex@inet.net.nz), April 02, 2002.


Dear friend, In sunny countries I prefer FUJI VELVIA (50 ASA exposed on 40 ASA), on more cloudy bright conditions, I use FUJI PROVIA 100F (100 ASA). Best regards, Michel

-- michel vandeput (michel.vandeput@ville.namur.be), April 02, 2002.

Hi Max: I personally prefer Fuji Provia or Velvia. Both do an ecxellent job for me. Try them out. I don't think you will be disappointed.

-- John Alfred Tropiano (jat18@psu.edu), April 02, 2002.

I like Fuji Sensia 100 and Fuji Mailers. Great results and cheap! Shoot often, and be your own toughest critic.

-- Dan Brown (brpatent@swbell.net), April 02, 2002.

Thanks, everyone, for your interest in my question. I appreciate that you share so generously of your experience. If there are others who have the same recommendations, or differing suggestions re: slide film, please continue to respond. Again, thank you very much. Max

-- Max Wall (mtwall@earthlink.net), April 02, 2002.

If you plan to project your slides onto a screen or make 4x6-inch prints, a 400 speed slide film is probably fine. If you want to make enlargements, however, they will be freakishly grainy. As Philip Greenspun said: "I've never found a decent ISO 400 slide film. The grain is intolerably intrusive." Read his film recommendations article at http://www.photo.net/equipment/film. It's full of good information.

-- Bill Bowden (bbowden@nwabj.com), May 29, 2002.


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