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I believe another great color negative film has
been changed by the manufacturer - Kodak Royal Gold 200. Film I bought in
April for a test series hypered completely at 30°C in 36 hours with a
characteristic rebate change. That film is the best I've found to
date. I bought additional rolls in late June (marked expire 2/2004) and
that film doesn't hyper in 36 hours, it now takes 96 hours to get the same
rebate change. This new version has no change in the film markings, and
has slightly less light sensitivity than the "older" film. The new stuff
hypered for me in 12 hours at 50°C, with light sensitivity better than the new
30° hyper, but less than the old 30° hyper.
It's still a great film, but I hate to loose
anything in film capability. From my tests, RG200 hypers best at
50°C.
Has anyone else observed or sensed a change in
RG200?
Don
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