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Re: [APML] Konica VX 400?



Ray Butler wrote:
> 
> Hello & welcome to APML, Delyan!
> 
> Those are great pics, especially with the Tair 300mm f4.5 lens. As a 
> Kiev camera fan, I am familiar with this lens - in the Kiev MF mount, it 
> also covers 6x6cm film.
> 
> That Konica film you used is great news - looks to be well balanced 
> spectrally, which is all too rare in current colour print films. Seeing 
> your results prompted me to immediately seek it out online. But (as a 
> warning to others here) it is not called "VX400", rather "VX 400" - the 
> space between them is important! Because I just did a search for "VX400" 
> in ebay, and the two hits I got both described XV400 as "Monochrome" or 
> "C41 Black and White". I also got the same result at my usual film 
> supplier, 7dayshop.com. Puzzled, I tried inserting the space, and lo, I 
> found it existed after all.
> 

Ray, thanks!
My apologies not being correct specifying exact film name, as this can 
make such a difference...
The film exact name is "Konica Color VX SUPER 400". Here are the 
pictures of the box:
http://212.36.6.242/~delyan/hpim2785.jpg
http://212.36.6.242/~delyan/hpim2787.jpg

Regards,
Delyan
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