Slide Film (Used Correctly)

A big part of the whole lomography aesthetic seems to include quite an emphasis on cross-processing. This is obviously something that can produce some really interesting effects (and is easier and cheaper in to some extent), but slide film obviously has a purpose, which is to produce high quality images for projection.

The days of the slide carosel and darkened room, with dad/uncle bob/your scout leader/etc droning on about some boring subject may be waning, but it is thye case that slide film, processed correctly in E6 process, produced the finest quality images – arguably with (if scanned property) better resolution than all but the most (really, really) expensive professional digital cameras.

I decided to actually shoot a roll of Fuji Velvia 100F on the Canon EOS 300 and process it properly.

The small exposure lattitude is obvious in some of these shots, but this doesn’t detract from their power – the crispness and saturation is, in my mind, as good as any consumer level digital sensor can provide.

E6 processing is a faff, but it’s certainly worth it at from time to time.