Re: [APML] Best 120 color film?

["tan@home.com" <tan@home.com>]

Well, this seems to be the concensus thus far. There is no real 
replacement for PPF. Even if Provia 400 were found to be good, I would 
think its dynamic range would not match a print film and as such objects 
such as M42 might be problematic.

Loke


Bobby Middleton wrote:

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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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