Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust

[Raphael Bustin <rafeb@channel1.com>]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Rob Geraghty wrote:

> Rafe wrote:
> >Fuji Reala is beautiful.  Kodak Royal Gold 100 isn't 
> >bad, either.  But Supra (100) is my current favorite.
> 
> I was under the impression that there was little if any
> difference between the current generation Superia 100
> and Reala.  When Fuji announced the extra colour layer,
> it seemed to point to the same technology.  Can anyone
> confirm this?
> 
> I haven't attempted resolution tests with Supra 100 to
> have some sort of meaningful comparison, but to my eye
> there was little difference in grain between Superia
> 100 and Supra 100 which made it hard to justify a
> premium price for the Kodak film.
> 
> Rob


First off, Supra is a C41 print film.  Superia, 
as I recall, as an E6 positive film.  Fuji's 
"equivalent" to Supra might be Reala, perhaps.

2nd -- Supra 100 is pretty cheap when purchased 
from BH Photo.  Rather hard to find Supra outside 
of a good, professional photo store.  I've never 
seen it in local stores.  I get it in 10-packs 
from BH Photo, for something like $35 a box.
That's for 36-exposure rolls (the only length 
offered.)


rafe b.