Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I 'm using both films and I love them both. Reala also seems sharper to me. I only process the films with the official Kodak laboratory. Mavbe I must try a Fuji lab for the Reala, but on the other hand I don't have any problems with my Fuji slide films processed by them. Pascal wrote: > >In my opinion Royal Gold has a softer palette, more suitable for high > >contrasts. > > Hi Mickey, > > as a regular user of Fuji Reala 100, I tried out the new version Kodak > Royal Gold 100 when it appeared two or three years ago. > The first version of the Kodak Royal Gold was never that good as far as > sharpness was concerned. But I had read very favorable test reports on > the new version of the Royal Gold film, so I decided to give it a try. > > Shot 3 films of it and must admit I was rather disappointed of the > practical results. > > Sharpness was good, but somewhat less in critical areas than the Fuji > Reala 100. > Color rendition for both films is quite neutral (as it should be), but > here again the Fuji Reala was more pleasing to my eye. > > I did a blind test with some people and showed them prints of both films > of more or less identical subjects, and almost without exception they > went for the Fuji prints ! > > Quite odd, because this is not reflected in test reports I have read. If > you'd believe those, both films would have to be almost identical. > > Another proof that one should be careful with film test reports. And > also, there is the factor that with color print film you do not control > the whole development/print process. The lab may or may not mess up > things. But I used the official Kodak pro lab over here so the advantage, > if any, should have gone to the Royal Gold. Which it clearly did not. > Odd. Anyway, I dropped the Kodak Royal Gold since. > > I am now trying out the Fuji NPS 160 color print film, a film with > comparable (neutral) color rendition to Reala, but with higher > sensitivity (160 vs 100 ASA). > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > --------- > Visit my Leica pages at http://members.nbci.com/cyberplace > --------- > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>>