Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Slide films for available light
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:50:27 +0100

Doug,

For me, the best fast slide film is Kodak's E200 (pro version) or
Elitechrome 200 (consumer version). There is some controversy about
whether these are the same or not, but certainly E200 is an amazing film
and the only slide film over 100 with which I have been completely happy.
Of course, when I was attempting pictures of Halley's comet in 86, I used
Agfa 1000 pushed one stop, but that was a rather special situation. For
general picture taking, I have not found any film faster than 200 that
gives satisfactory results. All the 400 slide films I have tried were
grainy, had washed-out colour (and this was before I got accustomed to
Velvia) and were generally unattractive.

Nathan

Doug Richardson wrote:

> I normally use Kodachrome, and am wondering if anyone can recommend a
> faster slide film for use when working with available light.
>
> I don't do my own processing, so need something which will be fast
> without special development.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Richardson



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