Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fuji 800 reminds me of the slow films of 20 years ago. The grain has gone down a lot in recent years. I feel constrained by 100 ISO and don't know how I managed to use Kodachome 25 in my 20s. At 01:48 PM 6/17/2005, you wrote: >Jeffery, >Good reasons then to switch to 100 speed stock. I was also responding >to a poster whose stated purpose was to shoot landscapes and >architecture. Both of these lend themselves to stopped down shooting >most of the time. > >Also, the best of the new emulsions are in 100 and 400, witness the >two new Kodak Ultra formulations. > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > >On 6/17/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > > I prefer the 200 ISO Fuji because (1) I tend to shoot wide open or nearly > > so, and at 400 I sometimes hit the ceiling on shutter speed if I have > > fast > > film, and (2) the Fuji 200 converts to grayscale nicely with a tad less > > grain than the 400. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information