 D. Wesley Davis |
What is wrong with my slides... I am using an Canon EOS 3 system with a 28-105mm lens with a circuler polirizer. I use Kodak E100WS and Fuji Sensia 200 slide film and I send them to The Slideprinter to have type R print made from them. Now that we have that out of the way on to the question or statement of fact. I can not get them to do what I want. The images I make still have that snapshot appeal to them. They seem to lack that certian sharpness and vibrant colors one would expect and like to see in top quality photos. What am I doing wrong? How can I correct it? Please help, I am so disappointed with my results.
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D. Wesley Davis |
P.S. Before anyone asks. I use program light metering through camera and then bracket up and down a couple of stops. I figured with the polarizer on the exposure would meter better through the lens. I do not have a tripod. This is the reason I shoot the E100ws and Fuji Sensia 200. I am just beginning so I do not know alot about metering, exposures, etc. This is why I am here.
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doug Nelson |
You are on the right track using slide film to learn exposure. If your slides are properly exposed, you're mastering exposure with your particular camera. The process of converting slides to prints is your problem. Anything affordable for doing this is a makeshift process. In fact, for the money you spend to do this conversion, you could buy a film scanner to digitize your slides and print them on an inkjet printer. The prints would be better than you are getting now. Remember, too, that colors are wonderfully vibrant seen through a slide. A print is a reflective medium and rarely would show such color richness. Consider, also, shooting a good color negative film like Kodak Supra 100. If you really want prints, shoot print film.
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D. Wesley Davis |
Thanks, I have considered doing print film but from all the reading I have done from most of the great scenic and landscape photographers of our time they all seem to use slide or positive film to capture the brillant colors and then have them printed onto ilfochrome or type r prints. Could these colors be captured in negative film or maybe even digital? Even though I am just an amature and will probably always be this way I still want my photos to make a statement.
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