Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to all for their input on Sensia and Astia. Tina's mention of nice skin tones with Astia I hope will also be true of Sensia - we'll see. I also hope that Robert's logic regarding Fuji'e RAP and RA designations is true, and that Sensia is a consumer version of Astia - we'll see. In any case, I'm going to order 10 or 20 rolls of the "Imported" Sensia 100 from B&H and see how it works out. Now I've got to get better at scanning chromes; one frame of Provia 100 some months back kind of kicked my butt re: scanning skills :-( I now think that scanning a neg is a relatively "impressionistic" activity. But scanning slides, I wanted it to look *exactly* like it looked under my Mamiya loupe, and well, I'll need some new skills or knowledge or just good old practice to get close to that goal. Thanks again to all. Scott Robert Schneider wrote: > I would never try to out-guess the coding geniuses at Fuji, but since > Astia is RAP and Sensia 100 is RA, I have always assumed that Sensia > 100 was consumer-grade Astia. > > If you read Fuji's Sensia propaganda, they use the same language > about accurate skin tones, etc., as they do for Astia. Astia > supposedly has slightly less grain, but my bet is that they're > basically the same film. > > I've used and occasionally still use Sensia. Good, saturated (but > not lurid) colors, decent skin tones for chrome film, insignificant > grain. All in all, nice stuff for short money. > > One of these days I'm going to try a couple of rolls of Provia 100F, > but first I want to fool around with Neopan 400. > > rs > ______________________________________ > > www.robertschneider.com > www.schneiderpix.com > > > > > > On May 28, 2006, at 6:14 PM, 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)