[filmscanners] Re: color negative/print film advice

["Robert55" <robert55@xs4all.nl>]

Sam,

At least in Europe, Kodak merged two lines of film into one: Royal and Supra
became Royal Supra. It's a very sharp film, lowest speed is 200. It scans
great. Only problem: you don't see it im many shops.

Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam A. McCandless <samcc@vom.com>
To: <robert55@xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:51 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] color negative/print film advice


> I'd appreciate some advice about which color negative/print film(s)
> to use for landscape and nature photos. I'll be scanning it in my
> Polaroid SprintScan 4000 (not Plus). Or in a modest upgrade of my
> SS4000, but not on an Imacon or a Leaf, etc.
>
> I've been scanning Kodak's Supra, because Kodak represented it as
> scanning especially well, on my SS4000. But Kodak seems to have
> discontinued Supra without replacing it. To replace Supra 100, 400
> and 800, Kodak recommends Portra 160VC, Portra 400UC and Portra 800.
> But without making much of a case for any of them.
>
> Fuji has two ISO-100 Fujicolor Superia negative/print films, Superia
> 100 and Superia Reala 100. Reala is presented as a "premium" film and
> described in a way which makes me think it scans better and maybe has
> more accurate or more neutral or more natural colors. If either of
> those is true, I'd pay the premium for Reala 100.
>
> Reala is listed only at ISO 100 while Superia is listed also at 200,
> and - with "X-tra" added to its name - also at 400, 800, and 1600. In
> addition, there's a FujiColor "Press", not at ISO 100 or 200, but at
> 400, 800, and 1600. And Fuji's Portrait film, at 160, 400, and 800
> and in flavors, like Kodak's Portra. So even if Reala is preferred at
> ISO 100, I still can't tell how best to mix and match the various
> options at higher ISOs, which I need when I can't use a tripod,
> sometimes even with an image-stabilized lens. And I'd appreciate any
> advice about the higher ISOs too.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sam
>
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