Re: [APML]: Films

[Robert Reeves <rreeves@connecti.com>]

At 11:25 AM 2/28/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>I have soon finished building my electronic clockdrive and I'd like to ask a
>few question about which film is the best choice for me. I intend to use
>wide angle and short lenses up to 85 mm to take photographs of the milkyway
>and the constellations. At this moment I don't know how accurate the
>clockdrive will be. I can't adjust the tracking rate so I though it would be
>best to use faster films to be able to do anything during the short time I
>have. I am thinking about these:
>
>Kodak Royal Gold 1000
>Kodak Pro 1000
>Fujicolor Super G+ 800
>Kodak Ektapress Plus 1600 (PJC)
>
>So far I have only tried the Fuji 800 film and now I wonder if I have
>anything to gain by using any of the other films. How is the grain with PJC?
>Is there any noticable difference in speed between the Fuji 800 and the two
>Kodak 1000 films and how much does the grain make up for that?
>
>Any other opinions are welcome too
>Olle Eriksson
>http://hem1.passagen.se/astrosci/
>
>
>

They are all basically good films.  Look at the "37 Films Compared" section
on my web site listed in signature line.  It shows a comparison of the
characteristics of those films.  I tip the scale toward Royal Gold 1000
primarily because of its easy accesability, but I wouldn't complain about
having any of the other films you list in my camera for wide-field Milky Way
pictures.  I didn't really compare them for grain though.  I am so used to
the really coarse grain of films from years ago that I think all the new
films have fabulous grain.  (I'm easily spoiled!)

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