Superb saturation - very strong blues and reds, true greens. Vibrant. Good for 'people' shots w/in parameters.

Expensive. Not suitable for 'portrait' work except where high impact is desired.

Great landscape film, especially in areas of extremes, i.e. American S-west, etc. Very crisp images, mostly due to color saturation level providing strong contrast. Overcast tends to defeat strengths of film. People - good stuff if you intend to accent the primary colors - rosy cheeks on winter days, bright clothing, etc. Definitely NOT for formal portraiture.

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All Ektachromes, Kodachrome and other a scattering of transparency films from other mfg.

Awesome color, sharpness. Can be pushed to 160 with no probs. Haven't tried pushing 200 yet.

A little contrasty.Other than that I found no problem with this film.

Great stuff Kodak...keep up the good work. To the guy who compared it to sensia...get a new lab. I really like the skin tones a little warmer when the color pops out like this. Definitely not for weddings but great for water sports, parades, anything with alot of color.

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provia f(unreal blues), e100s, sensia (skin tones too green)

all colours are well saturated, sharp reproduces better than any other film (esp.food and punchy style still life), good latitude for tranny.loves red-

do not use in tungsten light, it goes very yellow, I would advise e100s in these conditions - (of course i know it wasnt designed for this)

I use a lot of it, suits my style of photography, would nt push it over 1/12 stops or cross process.
rate 50. push 1/3 - never fails

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all types apart from agfa tranny

Awesome Color, push to 200, low grain, very nice blues.

??????but I'm not a people photographer.

If you like the "color" of sports, this is it!!!

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provia 100f, E100s, sensia II, EBX

See report, 11-20

See report 11-20

Just thought I'd add something to my previous report of 11-20-00, which mentioned the high color saturation as a weakness for people photography. Since using this film quite a bit, I've learned a trick which works quite well - just overexpose faces by 1/2-stop (process normally). The saturation holds the color in the skin (and, for that matter,almost everywhere else), but the overexposure knocks the super-ruddiness down to an acceptable level. This solution has limitations (mostly concerning highlights or maintaining background/foreground color saturation in high light levels), but if E100VS is what you have loaded when a pleasing portrait opportunity comes up, give a half-stop over a try.

I'm not changing the four-star overall rating I gave it, but the latitude does move it a bit higher in my estimation. If it was 4.0 before, it's about 4.3 now.

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E100VS is my film of choice for nature photography. Less red than Velvia, and less sensitive to processing conditions, too. Color saturation is beautiful. Good pushability.

Compensation for cool light (81a) necessary. Grainier than Velvia. Terrible skin tones.

I love the color. Bottom line. Colors that snap are always my goal. Would obviously like finer grain, but am willing to sacrifice for the color. Love to shoot this in morning / evening.

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Provia 100F, Velvia, Kodak E100s

Extraordinarily sharp

Murders skin tones

Obviously this is not a portrait film, but E100VS does some SERIOUSLY violent things to skin tones, the likes of which I have never seen. The colour cast is rather unpredictable, but mostly it has a tendency to make skin a nasty yellow and everyone looks jaundiced.

On the upside, this film is amazingly sharp - scans and prints from the slides are amazingly detailed. If only I could find a useful purpose for a film with such intense colour.

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Fuji Sensia II 100, a much better all-around film

Strong Colours

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Just wanted to ad the comment that I don't agree on the comment it's not good for Portrait photos, I made enough portraits with it and they came out really good with strong contrast and deep colours.
Only fact is that the models werent white but Thai.

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Velvia, sensia, E100sw, Astia, Elitechrome

IN BRIGHT SUN THE COLORS ARE GOOD

FUJI F100 HAS A TIGHTER GRAIN AND BETTER ON THE GREENS.
IN SHADOWS THE COLORS ARE OFF A BIT.

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR I'LL GO WITH FUJI F100

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FUJI F100

Very saturated, eye-popping color
Fine grain
High contrast

Can go garishly blue in shadows
High contrast

This is a terrific film for landscapes or other scenes where color and constrast can be advantageously enhanced. Not as fine-grained as E100S, but fine enough for excellent enlargements. Be careful in shooting in shade. Whites can go quite garishly blue; a serious warming filter might be in order under these conditions. In mixed lighting, this blue shift can be tricky to eliminate. Because this is a high-contrast film, care must be also taken to expose images properly. It is especially easy to blow out the yellows in harsh lighting conditions.

Despite these caveats, this is a terrific film. Best uses include landscapes, sunsets, and wildlife, where extra color and contrast is appropriate. Be more careful of already contrast-rich scenes, where the more sedate E100S might be more appropriate.

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