Re: [APML] Best 120 color film?

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

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From: <tan@home.com>
> Just wondering what the current opinions are on good to best medium
> format (120 size) color film. Also any opinions on how such an available
> film compares with the old tried and true like PPF and PJM400 etc.
> Recently Philipp Keller posted this on SBIG users group. The film is
> Agfa Optima 400 hypered.
> http://www.astrooptik.com/Bildergalerie/latest_namibia/M42.htm
>
> Kodak E200 appear to be a current favourite, nevertheless it would be
> nice to find a print film with wider dynamic range.

The best opinions are that we haven't found the right replacement for PPF
yet <g> I tried hypered Agfa Optima II 400 and it had been over-hypered a
bit, but its red response was so poor I don't have any desire to test it
further. My next test will probably be the Fuji Provia 400, but I have never
liked the slide films very much. So far my best results have been composites
of PPF with E200; the E200 helps with the grain of the aging PPF and the PPF
helps with the color and dynamic range of the E200. I wish there was some LE
400 (aka PJ aka PJM) in 120 format. Or perhaps the RG200 everyone is liking
so well.
Bobby Middleton


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