Re: [APML] Supra & Royal Supra

[Alan Voetsch <critter12952@yahoo.com>]

Hi Don,

--- westergren <westergren@netzero.net> wrote:
> This is an update on a subject that has come up before.  I think it
> was Alan Voetsch who reported contact with Kodak last Fall that
> Supra400 was being changed.  I haven't seen any sign of Kodak making
> a change in the USA.  They still show the same data sheet E-2519
> dated Feb 2000.

Thanks for the update. I was considering ordering a bunch and filling
my fridge with it.
 
> Kodak in the UK however has an announcement (Thanks, Jerry Lodrigus)
> that they have a new film Royal Supra400 (and other ASA speeds).  The
> data sheet for that series of films is E-4026 dated June 2002.  The
> spectral sensitivity is very different from the non-Royal "Supra".
> Since I don't have any of this Royal Supra film, I can't say how it
> will work for us, but the data sheet has reduced red at 650 nm.
> For now, I would say that any Supra400 film that doesn't have "Royal"
> in the name should be good for astrophotography, and it doesn't need
> hypering.

Yeah, I've got two cameras fired up and going right now. It would be
sorta nice if hypering would drastically shorten exposure times for the
Supra, but I guess I'll just work with what I've got.

Thanks,
Alan

=====
Alan Voetsch
critter12952@yahoo.com

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