Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The films you are talking about were announced at Photokina and became available in January or so. There was a post about the new Fuji films several days ago. I suspect that the Kodak offerings will be blown into the weeds. An order of magnitude finer grain, and a fourth dye layer to balance color better, especially in mixed lighting. Unless Fuji seriously blows the white balance or their film requires special processing as the Lumiere films did they will once again own the field for slide film in E-6 chemistry. It took Kodak almost ten years to effectively respond to Fuji's Velvia. I have religiously tried all the Kodak films as they came out. Up until now they were all inferior in some way. The new G films are a stop faster and have a better white balance. Six months after their announcement Fuji brings out their films. I suspect the major retailers will have them by the end of March. Isn't competition a good thing? Gee, ask me how I really feel. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com Disclosure: Kodak has sent me samples of their films on several occasions. Fuji never has. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html