I don't understand why nobody buys Astia either. I've been a fan since it came out. To
tie this in with Scooter's other thread, I'd think about taking Astia to the car show
and look for a white car to shoot. This film has some clean white, maybe the cleanest
I've seen, and if you offset it with like some yellow roses, there's not a film on the
planet that can handle it better. Or for more fun, set some pearls in there...
hmmm. Like a 1970 Jaguar XKE. Detail shots to include the scooped out headlight well...
Doug
wonder if there's a car show here
At 2:17 PM -04008/1/01, Aaron Reynolds wrote, or at least typed:
<SNIP>
>I do agree, however, about Astia! I can't understand why nobody buys
>this film. Astia rules the roost. Spectacular skintones, and a blue
>sky that can't be beat. Not as zany as Velvia, but still lots of
>saturation. AND it does a great job in direct sunlight. Anyhow, I
>can't for the life of me convince my customers, who all are enamoured of
>Provia 100F. In fact, I just had five rolls of Astia expire on me...the
>first rolls of film to have stuck around long enough in the store to
>expire! That means that last year I only sold 15 rolls of Astia 35mm
>(and probably I shot a few of those...mostly I shoot it 120 in mister
>67). Eek!
>
>-Aaron
>who has five rolls of Astia to shoot on his trip to Georgian Bay this
>weekend ;)
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Douglas Forrest Brewer
Ashwood Lake Photography
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