gfen, Man, looking at what is available in 4X5 sheets for color print I was shocked. There isn't much choice. I thought MF was limited, but LF is extremely limited. I think you are stuck with just shooting slides.
Bruce Wednesday, August 14, 2002, 10:20:04 AM, you wrote: g> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> If ultra vivid is what you want, then Velvia or Kodak 100VS is your g> I haven't used the Velvia yet, I'm saving it for a trip to Centralia, PA g> (its a town that's been on fire for over 30 years, now). I'll have to add g> in a roll of Kodak 100VS into my next order and see how it turns out. >> game. In the print film realm, the king was Agfa Ultra 50 - alas is g> Most of all, I'd love to find a print film in 4x5, as I know my shutters g> are all off and I'm too lazy to sit down and test them all to find out g> just by how much. :) Oh well, evidently I'll have to test or just deal g> without. >> lighting but not both well. For low contrast situations - Agfa Optima >> II 100 is quite nice. For higher contrast situations - Konica >> Impressa 50 and Fuji Reala 100 are both very nice. If you would like >> samples, I can email you some. g> I've been shooting Reala 100 in 120 now for a few rolls, and have been g> quite happy with the results so far, but for the most part, the colours g> seem to be as I remembered them, not the excessively vivid colour I g> (not-so) secretly wish to have. I'm happy, but I want more.. always more! g> Come to think of it, is Reala available in 4x5..(checking)..no, it is not. - 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 .
