dick, I used to use Lots and lots of Portra NC 160, but more recently have been using Fuji Reala 100. I am very happy with the saturation, skin tones, lower contrast and lack of grain. You might give it a go. Perhaps, like me, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Bruce Dayton Thursday, January 03, 2002, 11:37:51 AM, you wrote: dg> First Kodak eliminated Royal Gold 25, now RG 100 is to be terminated. I dg> used RG 100 consistently for candid portrait work and other work that I dg> wanted to blow up. Great skin tone and grain structure for a consumer dg> film. Now it too is going, going, gone. Has anyone used RG 200 and how dg> does it compare to 100 in terms of grain structure and skin tone? I have dg> used Portra NC 160 but it is not readily available in my town and it dg> doesn't have the color saturation I like for shots other than portrait dg> work. The price was also right for RG100. I could go into Target and get a dg> sleeve that held 3 rolls of Gold 100 and 1 roll of RG100 for $5.99 USD. dg> DG dg> - dg> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, dg> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to dg> 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 .