Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 1/8/02 10:13:59 PM, markc@binaryfaith.com writes: << Hey Gerhard, For the Ektacolor 160pro from Chile, go to http://www.kodak.cl/CL/es/professional/color/peliculas/ektacolorPro160.shtml As for tungsten print film, they (kodak/fuji) might not make it anymore.. The thinking is print papers are WAY more forgiving then Type R or Ilfochrome papers.. So users can shoot indoors and have the photo printer correct for the warm indoor tungsten light.. Let me tell you, never trust a one hour printer who tells you that they can print your indoor pictures w/o a funny hue.. I used to work in 1 hour labs and you are never guaranteed to get more then adequate results with trying to correct.. Its kind of like trying to print b/w negs on color paper... some of them look good, the low contrast ones look green and the high contrast ones look sepia.. I suspect that since most people who aren't pros shoot their color print film over a number of days wouldn't like tungsten balanced print film.. could you imagine the pictures from the pool? :) Everything Blue! They would run to their lab and complain.. (heh.. been there, done that.. no thank you! (some lady shot Ektachrome 64t thinking the t mean true color.. all outdoors at a family reunion.. it wasn't pretty) They would get 1/2 a roll that looked good and the rest would suck.,. (more than they normally would) I think a lot of people shoot NPS/NPH and the kodak Ektapress films to get closer to the proper color temp in wierd lighting conditions.. For me, Im sticking with Delta 400 and XTol.. :) - -Mark >> I'm coming in late on the thread, so forgive me if I'm missing the question. Kodak makes a color, tungsten print film part of their portra series... P-100T, comes in all sizes, from 135-35 up to 8x10. (This replaced PRT in 1999). Fuji's color, tungsten print film is NPL-160T. This only comes in 120, 4x5 and 8x10. I like NPL but if you're using a Leica you'll have to go with the Portra. I think the market for these films are pro wedding photographers, but I like them because I can use crappy clip on lights and get decent color print results. At 100 and 160 they can be a bit slow, but hey, that's what they make noctiluxes for! - -kim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html