you are remembering wrong. the normal EI of the film is twice that of 2475 and much larger in grain. it was the first widely available film that had an honest EI of 8000 and could render all steps of the Kodak grayscale test in normal contrast lighting with "normal" development.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: Re: "Fake" vs "Real" effects > It's my understanding that it's primarily a surveillance film and that it's > fine grained. It's used to photograph cars running red lights and the > like. The speed isn't as great as that of 2475 (which was in the 1000 ASA > range, 1600, iirc, with Acufine). 2485 is rated at about half that, or > less, depending on the developer used. I believe it's also used in > scientific studies and space exploration, and (may very well be wrong) that > it's possible to push it to an EI of 4000 under certain circumstances.
