When I need a highly saturated, fine grain ISO 400 color negative film, I shoot Kodak Portra 400VC. Very good contrast and color when properly exposed. But good exposures are a must. It doesn't have the latitude of Kodak's (or Fuji's) consumer films. Paul
Carlos Royo wrote: > > Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > > My question is: which gives the highest color saturation? Agfa Vista 400 > > and Superia Extra 400 look like possible candidates. Has anyone compared > > their color saturation? Are there other candidates I should consider? > > > > I don't shoot colour negative film very often, but my wife does. Once > said this, in the process of getting used to the MZ-S, I have used > several negative films, and I tried the Agfa Vista 400. It is saturated, > but it is also the worst Agfa film I've ever tried, it is grainy, not > sharp at all, and its lack of contrast sucks. > I have also (and my wife has used it a lot in the last pair of years) > used Superia, both in 100 and 400 ISO speeds. The 400 Superia is an > excellent film, it yields very good colour, saturated but not unnatural, > and the grain is not noticeable, even in the enlargments we've had done, > although those are not big (18x24 cm., I think). It also scans very > well. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Carlos Royo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Zaragoza (Aragon) - Spain > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
