Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Fuji's 400 (NPS? -- I always get their absurd taxonomy confused) is nice; a bit soft and pastelly, like the 160 -- although not pastel in the snowflake sense; the grain is only marginally worse than 160 -- gorgeous for skin tones, less so for scenes that require punchy contrast." For the record, Fuji's 400-speed professional film is designated NPH. I did extensive tests of six professional color negative films about two years ago and posted the results on photo.net. 22X enlargement revealed that NPH at 400 actually has finer grain and is sharper than NPS at 160 speed. The only time I use NPS is when I need a film with the 4th emulsion layer in large format. Otherwise, I use Reala in 35mm and 120. Reala, by the way, was head and shoulders above the other films tested in grain, sharpness, and tonality. Dave Jenkins