Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Been using fuji Press 400 and 800 for years. Nice skin tones - easy to scan. I have a love/hate affair with Fuji NPH. It can produce the loveliest portraits when it scans well. That is the problem - sometimes it just won't scan well.. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 2:33 AM Subject: [Leica] c 41 color neg > At 11:19 AM 4/3/04 -0800, leo wesson <leowesson@charter.net> wrote: > > >Anyone have opinions on what's the finest grain, best color, best scan > >C41 color neg 400 ei film to use? > > A few years ago, a lab manager gave me this advice: Use either Kodak Supra > 400 or Fujicolor Press 400. Shoot it at IE 200 when there was plently of > light, and IE 400 when I needed the speed. I chose Kodak Supra, and > happily used it this way up until recently, when it was discontinued. Now > I'm trying Fuji Press 400. > > I've also loved the now discontinued Kodak T400CN (chromogenic B&W), shot > the same way. I suspect its successor, Professional BW400CN will respond > similarly. > > While we're on the subject: I would love to have a quick-reference list > of the equivalent professional and consumer films. As in, Fujak > PhligistonChrome Professional is the same as their OxyChrome 100, just > ripened and refrigerated. > > Also, is there a downloadable guide to the abbreviations used for some > films? Sometimes I get lost when people start talking about NPH and NPZ > and and all the other TLAs. > > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >