At 08:19 PM 4/27/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I've yet to see any ISO 100 film approach the results I used to get with
>Ektar 25 and Royal Gold 25. IMHO. What you suggest still has another
>decade of improvement to go at the current pace before modern ISO 100 film
>is as good as RG25.
Until recently I shot nothing but slide film. By the time I started
experimenting with color negative film the two you mentioned had already
been pulled off the market. Therefore, the only thing I know about them is
that I've never heard anyone say anything bad about them. So maybe there is
no ISO 100 (Fuji Superia Reala) film that is their equal. I don't know.
However, I just got back a role yesterday with some pictures of my cat and
the prints were incredibly sharp.
Now maybe you're making enlargements of such size that you need finer grain
(assuming you're right about ISO 25 film). In that case I'd make the jump
to medium format.
Let's face it, if the film companies drop a film it's either because no one
was buying it or it has become redundant. I've been in photography long
enough to hear people bemoan the fact that such and such a film is no
longer. The interesting thing is that people continue to turn out
incredible images. The PUG serves witness to that fact.
Lastly I would like to challenge your prophetic abilities. <g> In 10 years
I think we'll be seeing digital cameras that are of the quality of
yesterday's ultra-fine grain films. We'll also see even better emulsions
(with higher speeds) and better lenses.
Pax et bonum,
Gary J. Sibio, SFO
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