I'm not surprised you're having problems finding Agfa or Konica films, both companies having been out of the film market for a year or more.
-Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In daytime, I like Agfa 100 or 400 but have trouble finding it; > in particular weather with that deep blue sky I like Konica 100, > which is, alas, as hard to find as Agfa. I'll settle for shooting > Fuji 800. I don't care as much for Fuji or Kodak in the 100-400 > range in colour (but oh how sweet Kodachrome 25 was, eh?) but > Reala or Royal Gold will do in a pinch, when I've run out of the > stuff I like better, but if I'm shooting Kodak in daylight I'd > much rather it be Portra (or Tri-X, of course ... or HIE!). > > In evening, or with a long lens / fast action, gimme the Fuji 800 > in general or, depending on the subject, Kodak "pro" films in the > 800 range (I used to shoot Ektapress PJM, which seemed to be 640). > Kindly keep the Kodak MAX away, thank you. Portra is okay. > > At night, TMZ is my very special friend, but Fuji Press (aka > Superia X-Tra) 800 and 1600 come in handy as well, as does Delta > 3200 (I use it more or less interchangeably with the TMZ) and > Ecktachrome P1600 if I can find it (at which point I've left > not only your implied context of colour but your stated context > of print). > > So basically I like Tri-X/HP5, Agfa/Konica consumer colour > films, or Kodak pro films in daylight, and switch to the T-grain > BW (TMZ/Delta3200) and Fuji colour at night. > > Subject matters as well, but that depends as much on my mood at > the moment as it does the particular category of subject, so it > doesn't break down into a tidy rule-of-thumb like my time-of-day > film choice habits do. > > -- Glenn > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
