Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Film and Grain
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 10:18:38 -0800

At 11:10 AM 12/19/99 +0000, Rod Fleming wrote:
>
>Forget tranny at any speed over 100 ASA- the grain is just too much and the
>colour saturation is not good.
>
>Rod
>

I tend to agree with you for the most part, however I have been using Fuji
MS 100/1000 rated at 200 (push 1) for the past 1-1/2 years. It is really
sharp and really really saturated. I have numerous 16x20 and 20x24 Ciba
prints on display and you cannot tell that they were taken with 35mm. And
the colors jump right out at you. The grain is nearly invisible. This film
seems to be extremely good. It acts like a 100 film even when pushed. Fuji
claims it was made for pushing, hence the 100/1000 moniker. I like it much
better than Kodak E200, which is also a good film, albeit grainer and more
muted colors.

Jim