RE: Film, try others also!

[Lucian Chis <chis@ece.orst.edu>]

Birkey,

Have you ever tried AGFA RSX? It constantly outperforms most of what Kodak
and Fuji put out.
And how about OPTIMA? A lot of pros swear by it!
I hate the fact that you cut out the smaller guys from your "can't go
wrong with" list.

Lucian

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, BIRKEY, DUANE wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Dave Topper wrote:
> 
> > Anyhow, I am really curious as to good types of file, both slide and
> > regular, that I should use in the camera.  I feel strange about 
> taking
> > pictures with such a fine, precision instrument, then taking my roll 
> of
> > Kodak Gold down to the local Pathmark.  Kind of like taking a Ferrari 
> to
> > Midas.
> > 
> > So ... any tips?  Please email me directly if you can.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > DT
> 
> Tip # 1)  It's a camera, take pictures with it.  
> 
> Tip # 2)  Everybody has an opinion about what the best type of film is 
> and none of them are you.  There are lots of good films available and 
> it is hard to go wrong with any film Fuji or Kodak makes.  Each film 
> has it's own characteristics that you may or may not like.   I use Fuji 
> Velvia, Astia, Provia 100 and once in a while Provia 400.  I used to 
> use Kodachrome and a few of the Pro Ektachromes.  But in Ecuador at 
> least, Fuji is the only slide film that delivers the goods.  For color 
> I use Fuji Reala, Super HG 100, Kodak VPS 160 and Gold 100plus.  Every 
> single one of them are fine films and some just work better for some 
> situations than another. 
> 
> Tip # 3) Subject choices, composition, lighting, exposure and focus are 
> the important factors.  If you don't have those correct, the choice of 
> film is pretty irrelevant.  
> 
> Tip # 4) A Ferrari is a fine car, but if you don't know how to drive 
> any car, owning a Ferrari  won't make you a great driver.   A Leica is 
> a fine camera, but if you haven't mastered the factors in tip#3, Owning 
> a Leica won't make you a better photographer. 
> 
> Tip #5) I'm not familiar with Pathmark labs.  I would try every local 
> minilab you can and compare the results from similar subject taken 
> under identical lighting situations.  Some will stink and others may be 
> quite good.  If you underexpose your film by three stops, none of them 
> are going to give you nice prints. 
> For what it's worth.
> 
> Duane Birkey
> HCJB World Radio
> Quito Ecuador
>  
> 
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