Hi Aaron

Somewhere in the back of my mind I recall someone telling me that Superia was 
the same as anothe Fuji "pro" film. I've used the 800 
Fuji Press for several years at concerts and have always been happy with it, 
mostly because I convert it into b&w in PhotoShop. Most 
recently a salesperson recommended the Fuji NPZ Pro and said that it was a 
better film for pushing to 1600 ISO. I have only shot a 
roll or two so I haven't really experienced it enough to make any comment on 
it. Also most likely I will also print it up in b&w. 

Your comments on the differences of the two are really a valuable insight. The 
reason I shoot colour at concerts is to differentiate the 
tones in the shadows rather than have dark tones all go to black as they have 
when I shoot with b&w. I then usually convert the 
images into b&w. Maybe the next time I shoot at my favourite concert venue, 
instead of having a camera with Ilford 3200, I'll have it 
with Fuji Press and the other camera with Fuji NPZ to see if there is a subtle 
difference. 

herb     

Sun. Mar 26:  Aaron Reynolds wrote 

>Now NPZ is a different animal -- lower contrast, wonderful skin tones. Here is 
>how much I love and trust Fuji NPZ 800 -- my entire 
wedding was shot on it, and I took 40 or 50 rolls of NPZ 220 to Prague with me 
on my honeymoon. However, I'd pick Press 800 / 
Superia 800 over NPZ for concert shooting because the shadows fall so easily 
away to black.



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