Slide Film for Beach Vacation?

[another view]

Many don't like the results that neutral accurate film produces.

This comment, and one in a previous post in this thread ("VERY accurate, but not everybody wants perfect color, they usually want something closer to Velvia which I don't care for in that latitude")are important concepts.

A lot of people don't always understand this, and it could be a good thread of it's own - or blog topic. Pondering...

[mtbbrian]

and it could be a good thread of it's own - or blog topic. Pondering...

You go man!
I look forward to reading it!
:thumbsup:
Brian

[photophorous]

I don't know if anyone is interested, but I thought I'd report back on my test rolls. I shot a roll Sensia 400 and a roll of Provia 100. Sensia fit my expectations for Provia better than the Provia did, except for the grain. Sensia was more contrasty than Provia, colors where more saturated, and there was a more noticeable blue color shift in shadows. I only noticed a very slight blue shift in the shadows with Provia, and it really looked accurate to me in almost every outdoor light. Even the slight blue in the shadows looks the way I remember...I was thinking about it at the time. The grain in Sensia was very noticeable in a solid blue sky and in the shadows when you zoom in close, but otherwise not bad. The grain in Provia was barely noticeable even zooming in on a blue sky. Overall, I thought Provia did pretty well with skin tones. Sensia was not as good...made people look a little like wax sculptures.

I decided Provia will work just fine, so I'm taking four rolls as my main daylight film. I'm also taking a random assortment of four other films for back up or special purpose. I think I'm going to be brave and leave the D70s at home. My girlfriend will have her SD200 for snapshots, and I'll do better if I can focus on using one camera.

Thanks again to everyone that helped.

Paul