Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] please help with film choice
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Wed Jun 28 14:49:04 2006
References: <13503e590606280445p7540d4eal5de10eaf70a2b8e6@mail.gmail.com>

Reala is a great film at a great price.  A good friend of mine
who obsesses about this stuff said that he thought that the
Kodak Portra 160 (NC/VC) was the greatest stuff since sliced
bread.

Scott

Roy Feldman wrote:

> I am about to embark on a long term documentary project that will require
> film, I have been all digital for several years and have not kept up with
> the development (or lack of) current products.
> I would like a easily available color negitive film (C-41) that holds up
> well to scanning in the 100-200iso range.
> I'm thinking Fuji Reala because I can get it at a discount. I need to
> standardize on one film to a) profile the film for the scanner b) be 
> able to
> buy it at any reasonably stocked camera store ( will be shooting at 
> multiple
> destinations so I want to buy the film on location instead of going thru
> extensive and time consuming hand checks at the airport-will fed ex 
> film to
> lab on the way back).c) keeping a consistant "look".
> Please offer any thoughts bearing in mind ease of scanning and 
> availability.
> Subjects will be mostly landscapes with a few people in them; 90% 
> outdoors.
> Thanks to those that respond.
>

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