Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Fuji reps came into my newspaper today with care packages for photographers--shirts, etc. but more importantly including samples of their new film, called Provia F and/or RDP III (might be a bit off on the names, forgot to bring them home), 100 asa. I won't be able to test them for a couple weeks, as we're getting a new Noritsu E-6 machine I want to wait for, but they assured me the new film would be out in 2-3 weeks. Here's what they told me about it: It'll be loved by the lovers of the old RDP, as it will have greater pushability, still looking good at two stop push and beyond. So they say. Grain will be finer than Velvia. It won't be as contrasty as Velvia. They gave us posters of full-frame images blown up significantly, and the grain is indeed remarkable. We'll all have to do our own tests, but for the first time since the demise of RDP I'm really excited about an E-6. This could rival Kodachrome in some respects. Dave Yoder