E100s opinions?

[marke_gilbert]

I have a chance to pick up a large quantity of e100s, obscenely cheap.

Ive read vastly different things, and would appreciate opnions.

 

<P>How is it saturation and contrast wise at 100? Pushed, how much can

I increase the contrast and saturation?

 

<P>Any thoughts appreciated.

[anand_n._vishwamitran]

E100S is good film that's a grainier version of E100G. If you mainly shoot people, pass on the chance - you need a warming filter, and even then the skin tones aren't out of this world.

[john_shriver]

Like E100G, E100S is a "controlled lighting" studio film. It's going to be cold out of doors. Realistic saturation, like any slide film higher contrast than reality.

[ilkka_nissila]

Its a nice film for studio but I would use the SW variant outdoors, that one has brilliant skin tones. The E100S is IMO too cool for any outdoor applications without filters (e.g. 81a/b)

 

I actually miss E100SW quite a lot - E100GX is good on its own right but not a replacement for it.

 

To answer your question, E100S has strong blue saturation, if you have subjects where that is a benefit (like when you want to stress the "freshness" of your subject) then it is nice. I have never pushed it.

[ken_hughes4]

what size is the film? let me know if you don't pick it up. I may be interested.

[daniel_fortier]

if it was not frozen, it get ugly when old & pushes will thin even more the "no more blacks", suggestion try it cross process & shoot in hard light.

[joseph_mcconnell]

Great film. Recommend highly.<div></div>

[discpad]

Guys, read the first sentence again:

 

"I have a chance to pick up a large quantity of e100s, obscenely cheap." Emphasis on "obscenely cheap."

 

Especially if Marke does his own processing and doesn't mind tweaking it a bit; or alternately giving up 2/3rd stop loss with an 81A or 81B filter .AND. doesn't mind shooting a couple test rolls (it IS obscenely cheap, after all!) then he'll have a great bargain.

 

This is what I do with all those $10 boxes of 4x5 chrome film I buy off eBay... :)

[ilkka_nissila]

Yeah, but outdated film can have color shifts which can be troublesome.