Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not sure what faster means but I shoot a ton of E100S at ISO 125. I second the nomination of the E200S. Lovely stuff. I've even pulled it with success when I mistakenly shot is at 125. The ever wondrous Galen Rowell likes to push either one of the two Fuji ISO 100 emulsions one stop. Finally, I don't know what experience people have with pushing E200 but I've seen some very nice results at ISO 320 and 640. Cheers Kevin Hoffberg - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 1:50 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Slide films for available light 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 - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html