Re: [APML] Will a real astrophoto film please stand up.

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

Konica Centura Super 800 and 400 have been used by one or two APML
subscribers with what I thought was excellent results. I believe they used
it hypered. The 800 was grainy IIRC.
Here's a link to a gallery with some Konoca shots:
This guy shot frrom on top of Mauna Kea. Heck, any film might do well up
there.
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/gallery/gallery.html
Bobby Middleton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Ware" <jtw@galaxyphoto.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:55 PM
Subject: [APML] Will a real astrophoto film please stand up.


>
> I have lost track of the film choices these days.
> Still have some PPF but I used RG200 last year and
> it blew me away. This was an amazing film but I
> understand it has changed.
>
> I have been using Fuji Superia 100 in the schmidt
> camera but want to hop back into shooting with
> the 16" Lx200.
>
> Is there anything that comes close to RG200?
> Preferably medium format but interested in
> 35mm as well.
>
> NOT interested in E200, star images are the
> size of golf balls.
>
> My kingdom for a MF RG200!!
>
>
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