Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Usable 400 slide film
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 06:44:36 -0300

Nathan:

I have a bunch of the Provia 400.  I bought my R8 and the previous owner
had 40 rolls of it that she threw in.  Its good, but Kodak E200 pushed one
stop is much better and fine grained.  I would consider the E200 a more
versitile film pushed even when pushed to EI 800.  It performs better with
a two stop push than the Provia 400 with a one stop push.

Regards,

Robert

At 10:04 AM 5/3/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Friends,
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>I have made several statements recently about my dislike of fast slide
>films (>200). Nonetheless, during a recent visit to Keukenhof and
>Amsterdam I shot a roll of Fuji Provia 400. I saw the slides last night
>and I must say that this particular film works quite well. Even the
>pictures of the colorful tulips at Keukenhof are quite good--obviously
>we are not talking Velvia here, but decent color rendition
>nonetheless--and the pictures shot in the evening in Amsterdam with the
>Noctilux are really nice. So if anybody out there gave up on
>higher-speed E6 films years ago, like I did, it may be time to try the
>newest emulsions--evidently significant improvements have been made.
>
>Nathan
>
>--
>Nathan Wajsman
>Overijse, Belgium
>General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator
>Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman
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