Dave, Try some Agfa Vista.
Kodak ticked me off when they discontinued some of their best films such as Royal Gold 100, Kodachrome 25 and their threats to discontinue Kodachrome 200. Of course, they already did away with Royal Gold 25(never got to try that one). As a result I started looking for alternative films. Anyhow, I got some Agfa Vista 400 and found out it is really good. The grain may not be as fine as Supra 400 or Royal Gold 400 but it has a nice color palette and is not overly contrasty. Skin tones and blue skies are especially pleasing. I have also shot it at 320 and processed normally (it was overcast on a Sept. 2001 visit to Savannah, Georgia) and it did really well. Great colors. It also renders skin tones well using flash. Haven't tried other Vista speeds yet. (Too bad Agfa discontinued some interesting films also. I understand that APX 25 was/is awesome and that Ultra 50 was /is good for certain effects.) Regards, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:25 PM Subject: Re: Re: Portra/Supra,lost my notes > I have never shot any Agfa film but if you > thinks it might suit my needs i best try a roll. > Thanks Gents. > Has there been any more rumbles about the > possible dimiss of the RG.? > > Dave > > ---- Begin Original Message ---- > > From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:13:14 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Portra/Supra,lost my notes > > > That's been my reason for using Agfa for 30+ > years. Extremely natural, yet > somewhat saturated palette. > > Bill > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: Portra/Supra,lost my notes > > > > David, > > > > Have you ever tried Agfa Optima II - you can > get 100, 200 or 400 > > speed. Agfa is usually very clean with > whites and the Optima seems to > > do well with browns/reds - earthy tones. I > would be very tempted to > > try a couple of rolls - you may be pleasantly > surprised. > > > > > > Bruce Dayton > > > > > > > > Saturday, March 09, 2002, 1:27:07 PM, you > wrote: > > > > DB> Hi all,sorry for asking this again,but i > lost my printouts from the > responses > > DB> from the list.It was inregards to finding > some other film to use if > Kodak went > > DB> ahead and discontinues the RG series. > > DB> Keep in mine the type of pictures i > normally take,horsey with a lot of > > DB> browns,greens and whites,and if i stay > with Kodak,would the Portra VC > or Supra > > DB> 400 be more suited to my needs.I can > vaguely remember but i'm not sure > what > > DB> the majority suggested,Supra seems to be > ringing in my head but not > sure. > > DB> Are my only choice of speeds 160 and > 400,at the lower end? > > > > DB> Thanks and sorry > > > > DB> Dave > > DB> - > > DB> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss > Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > DB> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > > DB> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail > List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail > List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > ---- End Original Message ---- > > > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ontario Canada > > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
