Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] film choice for wedding
From: Jack Gottlob <sam@injersey.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 09:01:47 -0800

Lucian Chis wrote:
> 
> Hello fellow LU's
> 
> I am planning to shoot a wedding this week-end and I am planning to use
> AGFA Optima 100 for that purpose.
> I am generally satisfied by the colors I am getting , but I think I might
> get bluish whites generally on AGFA film.
> Does anybody have experience with whites on this film?  There seems to be
> a lot of white in the wedding pictures I shoot!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> LucianLucian:  Probably the film used most in the US for weddings and/or 
portraits is Kodak VPS, which is balanced for flesh tones and produces 
very nice whites.  Fuji makes a comperable film, (I think that it's NHG), 
which is at least as good.  If you prefer a 400 film, Kodak's PMC is 
another balanced for  flesh tones, (again Fuji makes a 400 as well).