Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Beyer wrote: > >>>>>Hi Ted, > What is the going price for the film in your neck of the woods..... I > picked up 20 rolls to give it a try. I need to make some time and give it a > work out.<<<<<<< Hi Steve, I believe it was around $14.00 Canadian. per roll. I don't know the exact figure as Sandy usually looks after things like this. However she did say our price was better than what she paid in US $'s the week before in Seattle and converting to Cand. ted > > > Steve > > > Hi Nathan, > > A note on the new Provia 400 slide film: > > > > It just arrived here in Victoria Friday past and we picked up a 100 rolls > > cleaning the store out right away! :-) This is an extremely fine grained, > > almost > > no grain, 400 film. Sandy got some in Seattle a week ago and we shot it right > > away. It's a zinger of a film and without a doubt the finest 400 speed film > > I've > > ever seen. > > > > It also pushed to 800 very well with no appearance of grain. Very nice > > "natural > > looking" colours, not the hyped up Velvia and 100 VS look. Our results were so > > conclusive we popped for a 100 rolls as soon as it came in the door of the > > store! > > > > And Sandy is off on an assignment to India Wednesday for three weeks taking 80 > > rolls Provia 400 as her main slide film, backed up with some 100 SW just in > > case > > for the appropriate place. Not to mention rolls of B&W. > > > > ted Grant > > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > >> Hi Tina, > >> > >> I cannot locate the P400 photos, I guess I should have looked right when you > >> posted this. In any event, can you comment on this film now that you have had > >> a chance to use it for a few weeks? It is not yet available here in > >> Switzerland, but I am always on the lookout for a good high-speed slide film. > >> > >> TIA. > >> > >> Nathan > >> > >> Tina Manley wrote: > >> > >>> LUG - > >>> > >>> Here are some photos (the first two) with the new Provia 400F film and my > >>> new Leica long lenses: > >>> > >>> http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/Photo%20of%20Week/photo.htm > >>> > >>> Tina Manley, ASMP > >>> http://www.tinamanley.com > >> > >> -- > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >> > >> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > >> > >> General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > >> Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > >> Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > > >