[Leica] High speed colour positive

[Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>]

I'm now chomping at the bit to get some of the new Provia 400F.  I shot my
first slide film in about 20 years yesterday - 6 rolls of Provia 100F of the
arrival of ex-Prime Minister Trudeau's body at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.  I
am absolutely knocked out by the quality, so I'm willing to bet that the
400F will be the answer to a lot of peoples' prayers.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@InfoAve.Net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 4:30 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Color vs B&W
> 
> 
> Gerry -
> 
> It was shot on Astia - my favorite color slide film for 
> people.  I did, as 
> an experiment, carry lots of color negative film on the last trip to 
> Honduras with exactly that in mind.  I thought I'd be able to 
> use it for 
> both color and B&W stock, but I was disappointed in the the 
> color negative 
> film (I used Fuji 400 and 800).   I chose the color negative 
> for the high 
> speed equivalency to B&W, but the highlights and shadows were 
> grainy and 
> unpleasant.  It might be possible to carry only color 
> transparency film and 
> convert to B&W, but I usually need the high speed of B&W and 
> haven't found 
> a high speed color positive film that I like either.  
> Probably 85% of the 
> stock that I sell is color so it would be nice to find a film 
> that I could 
> use for both!  Let me know if you have any suggestions.
> 
> Leically,
> 
> Tina