Reala is aged to a specific point and then refrigerated and shipped. When handled properly, from roll to roll it should be virtually identical.
Superia Reala is shipped earlier in its life cycle and allowed to age on the shelf. Because of this, there will be minor variations from batch to batch and roll to roll. I've heard but not had it confirmed that the quality tolerances for Superia Reala are not as strict. Ultimately, in a non-professional application* you will not see the difference (and even in a pro application, depending on how you work, you may not see a difference). Buy whichever one is on sale. ;) *Using Reala, theoretically you can photograph an object under controlled lighting on one roll then skip on out to the local pro shop the next day and buy another roll, photograph the object again and come up with two absolutely identical negatives. Your lab has to be consistent, though. From a practical standpoint, this is useful to the volume product shooter** so he can easily make enlargements that all match without altering colour or density settings on his enlarger. If you wanted to shoot a job on Superia Reala you'd be fine as long as the film was stored well and you bought all the same batch -- the rolls would all match each other, just not the next pile you bought. **though he was probably shooting transparencies before, and now digital. Keep in mind I'm talking about really minor differences. -Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: Fuji Superia Realia 100 Date: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:33 pm Size: 798 bytes To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Did some of you film lovers out there just say that the Realia 100 was a > Minor typo, there, or rather "reado", if you know what I mean ;-) (I've seen references to this film only a few times in the past, and have somehow always read the name as "Realia"), but I'm sure you all know understood what I was talking about. Also, what's printed on the box is "Superia Reala", or actually "REALA" in big print, and "SUPERIA" in somewhat smaller letters above it. My understanding has been that (plain) Reala and Superia Reala is essentially the same film, although there have been different generations. This is based on e.g. http://www.vanwensveen.nl/photography/fujiguide.html - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
