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I love slide films because they are unique, like small paintings. They are monolithic and never lie like artifacts from dark rooms or Photoshop. I love color: it's too stimulating to be replaced by cheesy black and white.

I only use Kodak Ektachrome Elite from 100 to 400 iso. It has extremely fine grain with excellent sharpness. Portraits show nice clean skin tones. It can be pushed one stop with very good results. Although contrast is increased, grain remains fine.
I also use Kodak PressChrome 100 that is most similar to Ektachrome Elitechrome. PressChrome 100 will push OK up to 2 stops with reasonable results, minimal color balance shift and slight increase in contrast.
This site's pics are all scanned by a Minolta Dimage Elite 5400. For bigger prints I use a photolab professional drum scan. Limited editions are printed on lambda over perpex tecniques.
 
Links: Ken Rockwell scanner reviews | buy a discounted Minolta DiMAGE Scan at Amazon
 
  Konica - Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 35mm Slide & Film Scanner

The DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 uses a 5300-pixel, 3-line CCD to achieve a resolution of 5,400 dpi. With 16-bit A/D conversion, the DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 will reproduce the rich variations in tone and color of the original film image.
"It is probably the best scanner to get if you only shoot 35mm." (Ken Rockwell)

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