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Celeste G - 10 Dec 2004 02:25 GMT

Hello,
I am primarily an outdoor nature photographer. I love the pop that Velvia 50
gives my work.

Recently I was asked to photograph the inside of our church. I used
Velvia...not my favorite 50...but Velvia 100 thinking that indoor
photography would need a little faster film.

All the walls of the church are cream color but the slides show them all as
being orange/yellow...... not a bad look but certainly not what I had in
mind for this project.

Please advise....What film would give true colors, indoors, no flash,
electric lights?? I have a few weeks before the project is due for
presentation.

Thanks
Celeste

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Nick Zentena - 10 Dec 2004 02:47 GMT

> Hello,
> I am primarily an outdoor nature photographer. I love the pop that Velvia 50
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> Please advise....What film would give true colors, indoors, no flash,
> electric lights?? I have a few weeks before the project is due for

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What kind of lights? No sunlight at all? Depending on the lights you might
get away with tungsten film. Or you might need to filter to correct for the
lights. The orange/yellow you got was actually the real colour. Human eyes
tend to adjust.

Nick

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Michael A. Covington - 10 Dec 2004 03:01 GMT

You want either tungsten-balanced film, or a correcting filter (pale blue).

> Hello,
> I am primarily an outdoor nature photographer. I love the pop that Velvia
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> Thanks
> Celeste

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Andy Davidson - 11 Dec 2004 03:39 GMT

[Celeste G wrote in rec.photo.film+labs]

> All the walls of the church are cream color but the slides show them all as
> being orange/yellow...... not a bad look but certainly not what I had in
> mind for this project.

Sounds more like the lighting in the church is casting a colour across
your images. A cooling-filter (80A, possibly 80B) will help if you want
to use Velvia for your images.

Churches (speaking from a UK perspective) make a wonderful subject -
especially if the building has a beautiful and colourful stained-glass
window. If it does, shoot the window on a brilliant bright day and let
the high-saturation of Velvia fill the frame with as much colour and
saturation as you could ever want.

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Mike King - 13 Dec 2004 15:33 GMT

Rather than use a filter my first choice would be either:

Fujifilm RTP-II 135-36 Fujichrome 64T Professional Tungsten Color Slide Film
(ISO-64) if you can find it (B&H is currently out of stock).

Or Kodak EPJ 135-36 Ektachrome 320T Tungsten Professional Color Slide Film
(ISO-320) four+ times as fast.

Note that color balance will only be approximate with either Tungsten film
or a filter, unless you know the actual color temperature of the lights in
the chapel, but that tungsten film/filtration will probably bring you
closer.

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> [Celeste G wrote in rec.photo.film+labs]
> > All the walls of the church are cream color but the slides show them all as
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> the high-saturation of Velvia fill the frame with as much colour and
> saturation as you could ever want.

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Celeste G - 14 Dec 2004 13:05 GMT

Thanks so much for your replies.....I will get a filter and give it a
try...... and next time I am in B&H I will look for the films that were
suggested. A girl can't have too film!

Thanks again
Celeste....sorry for the duplicate note...wasn't sure about how to correctly
reply to be part of the thread......

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