filmscanners: Re: Ektachrome E100VS bad?

[Roger Smith <rsmith@unb.ca>]

At 10:40 PM +1000 5/22/01, Kevin Power wrote:
>I've had superb results with it, but it was sent to pro lab for development.

At 12:41 PM -0500 5/22/01, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>I use this film in addition to Provia F and Velvia. I prefer Velvia 
>for landscape.  The E100VS can be a little OTT in really warm light, 
>but it is often very good in flat light that can make Provia F look 
>dull.  I guess I tend to use it as a little bit faster counterpart 
>to Velvia.  I frequently use it when I want to handhold shots, 
>whereas the Velvia stays on the tripod.  Provia F is a little more 
>versatile in recording beautiful light well but also being not bad 
>for the occasional "people shot."  In cold light greens can look 
>awfully bluish for my taste.

        Thanks, Kevin and Joel. I'm sure it has to be a good film - I 
have three more rolls to try of my "Trial Version", so I'll know 
better soon.
        I agree about Provia F greens being bluish in cold light. I 
actually prefer the colour of lowly Elite Chrome 100 under those 
conditions. I never liked Velvia all that much, except in really flat 
light, but I have seen some great results from it.

At 10:48 AM -0500 5/22/01, Lloyd O'Daniel wrote:
>The problem you describe sounds like retained silver. I have recently
>processed a lot of both E100VS and Provia 100F in Kodak Single-use E6 with
>no problems. Perhaps you got a bad batch of bleach or maybe had a mixing
>error?

        Thanks, Lloyd, I would have thought that too, except the 
Provia 100F in the same tank was great. Do you find the new bleach 
different from the old? It's certainly lighter in colour. I will be 
remixing for the next batch, so we'll see what happens.
        Thanks also for the processing tips. I'm not sure I can use 
all of them in my simple two-reel tank process, but some of them may 
be helpful. I felt the old 1-gallon kits were better, somehow, 
certainly a lot easier to mix in smaller volumes and I never had 
these odd problems with them. Any idea why Kodak changed them? I've 
been using E6 since 1977 (or whenever it came out), and there heve 
been a few changes over the years.

Regards,
Roger Smith