[Leica] Any Sensia shooting here on the LUG?

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

AFAIK (and that's not too much), Sensia is the consumer version of
Astia, BUT that the new fine grained Sensia emulsion is some kind
of improvement/refinement on emulsion technology used for Provia.

Again, AFAIK, just from Googling around, searching p.net and
what not.

Scott

Jeffery Smith wrote:

>I am most smitten with Provia. I think that Sensia may be the amateur
>version of Provia. If that's the case, go with it! I bought some short-dated
>relabeled Provia through B&H Photo. Came out fine. And Provia converts to
>grayscale very nicely.
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
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>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Scott
>McLoughlin
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>Subject: [Leica] Any Sensia shooting here on the LUG?
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>
>So, on my rather long hiatus from souping my own B&W film,
>I've been running through  various color and slide film in my
>fridge: XP2, NPH, some Velvia 50, a little Provia 100.
>
>So now I need to order some new film.
>
>Never having shot slides much before, I'm kinda getting a kick out of that,
>so I'm thinking of trying out some Fuji Sensia 100. From what I read it has
>a relatively new fine grain emulsion and less saturated colors akin to
>Astia.  Finally, the imported price is right from B&H, and Fuji processing
>mailers are less than $5.
>
>Any Sensi (or maybe Astia) shooters here on the list that can give some
>feedback on strengths/weaknesses of this slide film?
>
>How long might Sensia last in dark storage (like an archive box)?
>
>Any scanning experience with this film?
>
>Thanks much!
>
>Scott
>
>p.s.  I found my little Sekonic meter!  At a neighbors, and I have no idea
>how it got there. Yipee,  saves me $150 on a new DigiSix.
>
>  
>

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