Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I > > believe HP5 is repackaged Efke 400. > > Don't think so Chris. There might be something out there that is > repackaged Efke 400 or Efke 400 might be repackaged HP5 but one of > Ilford's flagships is hardly a repackaged film from another company. > HP5 is HP5 and Efke is Efke HP5 can (at least in sheet sizes and I think also in rolls) be had more cheaply as Arista Professional 400 (and FP4 as Arista Pro 125) from freestylephoto.biz and as Ultrafine 400 and 125 respectively from Photowarehosue.biz I get confused with Efke and Forte films (Efke is in Croatia and Forte is in Hungary), but J&C photo www.jandcphoto.com repackages one of them as J&C Classic 200 and 400 etc (and I think Freestyle Photo repackages Forte 200 it as their Arista.Edu 200 or something like that) - I think the rebranded 100 speed films tend to be efke and the 200 and 400 speed films tend to be Forte (and apparently Forte also makes the very nice Bergger 200, but to Bergger's specs - it's not quite the same as Forte 200, but very close) tim