>>3135791Ahhh Iona, yeah that place is great for sunsets!
>I suppose you could get a whole pile of 6x4s printed off too and use those like you'd use slides for reference when editing.But then you're at the mercy of the lab and what are probably automatic scan settings...which are no more reliable than just doing it yourself.
>Theoretically, that should work. But that'd only work for other scenes in the same lighting. Actually, it works for any other scene. Film is balanced for daylight. If you make your action using a frame taken in typical daylight and it looks identical to the slide, you've nailed the inherent qualities of the slide. Take another slide shot at sunset, run your action, and the scan SHOULD look identical to the sunset slide. The scan has been color corrected for daylight (since the film itself is) and any casts should be true of the light present during the sunset.
That's at least been my experience DSLR scanning upwards of 100 rolls of E6 using this method.
Here's my Velvia 50 action on a daylight shot. Looks identical to the slide.
