Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Reala comes in 100 ISO only and is not as contrasty as Superia. I have been using Superia only and was well pleased. I thought I would try a roll of Reala which I did with bad lab results. I will probably stick to Superia as I really like it Herbert & Lee Kanner wrote: > I've been pretty happy with Superia 400. I thought that this was > just a name change for an improved Reala. Now, I get the impression > that Reala is a pro film kept under refrigeration. Is that correct? > How do its characteristics vary from those of Superia? Also, what is > the function of the fourth layer on both of these? > > Herb > > ------Original Messatge------ > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:31:43 -0400 > From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Reala in a Leica M6 > > Your pale prints are probably due to your printer not using the correct > channel for Reala or using a unichannel. The fourth layer in Reala is > enough different from Superia that unless your shop has a unique channel for > Reala they will have to pay attention when they print it. Or, it was > printed on a Kodak 200 channel as it's universal, duh.:)) > -------Cut here---------- > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner@acm.org > 650-326-8204