Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is Fuji NPH still around? I used to shoot the stuff all the time. A real pain to scan -- but it prints like b u t t a h.. Eric -------------------------------------------------- www.faneuil.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] C-41 film suggestions > Fuji 800 reminds me of the slow films of 20 years ago. The grain has gone > down a lot in recent years. I feel constrained by 100 ISO and don't know > how I managed to use Kodachome 25 in my 20s. > > > > At 01:48 PM 6/17/2005, you wrote: >>Jeffery, >>Good reasons then to switch to 100 speed stock. I was also responding >>to a poster whose stated purpose was to shoot landscapes and >>architecture. Both of these lend themselves to stopped down shooting >>most of the time. >> >>Also, the best of the new emulsions are in 100 and 400, witness the >>two new Kodak Ultra formulations. >> >>Don >>don.dory@gmail.com >> >>On 6/17/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: >> > I prefer the 200 ISO Fuji because (1) I tend to shoot wide open or >> > nearly >> > so, and at 400 I sometimes hit the ceiling on shutter speed if I have >> > fast >> > film, and (2) the Fuji 200 converts to grayscale nicely with a tad less >> > grain than the 400. >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >