[Leica] The "impending doom" of film

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I don't suppose you have any tips on R3. As you say, its hard to 
master, but there are some decided advantages if I can tame it.

On 23/01/2006, at 19:03, Luis Miguel Casta?eda wrote:

> On 23/01/2006, at 1:40, Rose Scollard wrote:
>
>> I hadn't realized that Rollei was making emulsions now. Do you have 
>> any information on these? Thanks.
>
> Rollei emulsions aren't exactly rebranded Maco emulsions, Maco has 
> prototyped some of the Rollei emulsions under their own brand before 
> its launch, alas the 25, cube and IR, which are supposedly 
> discontinued now. Rollei emulsions do not behave exactly as previous 
> Maco emulsions did but they are quite close.
>
> I have been using the pan25, R3 and Retro 400. R3 will gave you nice 
> tones and good versatility, but at cost of a more complicated 
> processing and a hard time until you get used to it. Pan25 and Retro 
> are fine emulsions, and I've wrote what I've found about them here for 
> the pan25 http://tinyurl.com/a8z5t and here por the Retro 
> http://tinyurl.com/arn8q
>
> hope it helps
>
> Saludos
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