Re: [APML] What Film is Best?

["Taras R. Hnatyshyn" <tarashnat@earthlink.net>]

I've been meaning to try both Kodak E200 and Fuji 400F. Maybe I need to 
buy
myself a second Hasselblad body and do some side by side testing of the 
two
films. I have been shooting E200, Provia 400F, and Velvia 50 with my 
Hassy
for terrestrial shots, and have only shot a few test shots from my roof 
in
NYC to confirm my equipment is ready for those Catskill weekend jaunts. 
And
those have all been with E200. I did shoot a few star trails last new 
moon
in the Catskills and was quite pleased with the results I got on E200.

BTW Fuji has also come up with a 100 ASA Velvia, just 6 more stops to 
go until
they match Mr. Zang's experiment. (sorry, I couldn't resist)

Taras

On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 04:09  PM, Marco Lorenzi wrote:

> I agree with Don, my preferred film now is Provia 400F, *far* more 
> balanced
> than E200, quite sensitive in blue and yellow and just an edge less
> sensitive than E200 in red. I would never attempted take a picture 
> like this
> one with E200 ;-)
> http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/images/rho_mosaic.htm
> Ciao
> Marco
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "westergren" <westergren@netzero.net>
>
>> Don't forget Fuji Provia 400 slide film.  It has the blue response 
>> that
> E200
>> lacks.
>>
>> The Fuji HQ series seems to be a low cost "consumer" film, that hasn't
> been
>> converted into 4 layer color (can't say for sure because I've never 
>> seen a
>> data sheet for it).
>>
>> Take a lesson from the Kodak Supra400 fiasco:  if you find a film you
> like,
>> get a couple years worth to store in the fridge to tide you over.
>> Unfortunately right now the best color negative films are gone.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>
>>
>>> In terms of still-produced film I think it's down to just E200 and 
>>> Tec
>> Pan.
>>> The short list of possibly still-availiable discontinued film is
>> KodakSupra
>>> 400 (be careful not to get the "improved") Kodak LE400 and Fuji 
>>> HQ100.
>>> Bobby Middleton
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "glenn shaw" <glennshaw@alaska.net>
>>>
>>>> Its been a long time since we've heard about good film for
>>>> astrophography. I recognize that some good emulsions have bit the 
>>>> dust
>>>> in the last year or so.
>>>>
>>>> What films are left out there with good spectral response and low
>>>> reciprocity failure?
>>>>
>>>> Glenn Shaw
>>>>
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