Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Provia 400F film
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:40:19 +0100
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Ted,

Sounds good! Hopefully I can get hold of some of this stuff soon; I am going to
Denmark for the holidays and a good 400 speed film is just what you need in the cold,
dark North this time of year.

Nathan

Ted wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
> A note on the new Provia 400 slide film:
>
> It just arrived here in Victoria Friday past and we picked up a 100 rolls
> cleaning the store out right away! :-)  This is an extremely fine grained, almost
> no grain, 400 film.  Sandy got some in Seattle a week ago and we shot it right
> away. It's a zinger of a film and without a doubt the finest 400 speed film I've
> ever seen.
>
> It also pushed to 800 very well with no appearance of grain. Very nice "natural
> looking" colours, not the hyped up Velvia and 100 VS look. Our results were so
> conclusive we popped for a 100 rolls as soon as it came in the door of the store!
>
> And Sandy is off on an assignment to India Wednesday for three weeks taking 80
> rolls Provia 400  as her main slide film, backed up with some 100 SW just in case
> for the appropriate place. Not to mention rolls of B&W.
>
> ted Grant

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In reply to: Message from Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> ([Leica] New Provia 400F film)
Message from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> (Re: [Leica] New Provia 400F film)
Message from Ted <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] New Provia 400F film)