I share in your nostalgia - as I recall in the film days your were
really pushing it (often literally!) to get to 3200 and ISO's of 25,600
or more were into the experimental arena.
I remember a Royal Gold 1000 and thought it was abysmal. In later years
there was a very good ISO 1600 Fuji Press C41 color. I thought looked
about as good as many ISO 400's of the time. Then there was TMax P3200
which tended to be a little grainy....
But ISO 25,600 was beyond the pale...
Mark
On 10/21/2014 12:47 PM, Morris Galloway wrote:
Galloway, delurking for a moment, can remember back in time, back,
back, when Kodak Royal X Pan was the only game in town for FAST film,
listed as 1,600 ASA, and it was pushable --
sort of pushable. And the results obtained were not as Good as
25,600. During College, went out on assignment for a print magazine
to a den on iniquity, a GO-G0 bar (!) that was
all soft green spot lights and drunk college kids, and shot a roll. I
got some shots. The patrons and maidens were visible and clear. But
there was so much grain the advertiser thought it was taken inside a
cereal factory. Publisher had to sue for the quarter-page. Alas!
Wish I had a K-5, or 5ii, or K-3 then! We've come a Long Way
Baby! Sure I use 25,600 , and I turn and walk back inside with my
possum pic, or whatever, all the while considering that I could Never
have captured anything in those dark corners even with the best
Germany and Kodak had to offer at that time.
Relurking now, G
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