Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] High speed color films...
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:28:12 -0500

> Howard Sanner wrote:
>
> >         There are some pictures I took using ASA 800 color film on the
> > web at:
> >
> > http://recordist.com/aeshc/conv111pics.html
> >
> > Although I used Fuji for these (because I had some on hand), I've
> > used Kodak 800 with about equivalent results. Note that I'm not
> > holding any of these up as examples of great photography, just as
> > examples of what ASA 800 film looks like when shot under
> > artificial light.
> >
> >         Fuji 800 pushes nicely one stop to 1600. I've never tried that
> > with Kodak 800. I also now remember that a picture of skater
> > Renee Roca, taken using Fuji 800 pushed to 1600, got enlarged to
> > 8x10 and looks fine, even if I did take it with a Nikkormat FTn
> > and 300mm non-AI Nikkor.
> >
> >         Again, FWIW, and YMMV.
> >
> >                                                 Howard Sanner
> >                                                 flagstad@mindspring.com

Thanks Howard,

Who is the "official" AES photographer (who took the pictures labeled
"(ACS)")?

Regards,

Austin

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