Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-22 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tony Sleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fuji recently launched a new version of the 400, which is supposed to be much better > than the previous stuff and now uses the same grain technology as the 100. I haven't > tried the new film, but the old was was dreadful. Is that the source of confusion

RE: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-22 Thread Tony Sleep
On 21 Jan 2001 08:40:34 -0800 Frank Paris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm only going by heresay here, but what I've *heard* is that Provia 100 and > Provia 400 are related in name only and that when you push 100 to 400, it > has finer grain than when you use 400 directly. I would like to hear a

RE: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Tim Atherton
st thing around at 400. Tim A PS, checked the good reviews on PhotographyReview > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Paris > Sent: January 21, 2001 6:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Provia 400F (Was fi

RE: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Frank wrote: > If you could see my scans, you couldn't possibly say the grain on > the rolls I scanned isn't so bad. Extremely disappointing. I > subsequently went up on the PhotographyReview site to see what > people are saying about this film and it's the same story I'm > telling. Compared to 1

RE: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Frank Paris
MAIL PROTECTED] http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 3:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Provia 400F (Was filmsc

RE: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Frank wrote: > [I want a good] explanation for why Provia 400 even exists, the > grain is so bad. Maybe because some people WANT grain, for effect. I didn't find the grain of 400F so bad at all. It seems to have the same amorphous nature as 100F grain, so it doesn't look anywhere near as ugly as

Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:09:52 +1100 Li Xia and Dale Weedman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When you push Provia F100 to 400 do you need to modify the film > processing/development? Yes. 'Pushing' with E6 means increasing the first development to increase the density of the silver image to compen

Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Mike Kersenbrock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm from the old black and white school of hard knocks. If I wanted fine > grain I shot a slow film, asa 50 or slower. For a higher speed and still fine > grain Tri-X. With "fast" Provia 100F there isn't much grain to look at. :-) > > If I wanted a tighter grain in

RE: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Frank Paris
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask) I'm from the old black and white school of hard knocks. If I wanted fine grain I shot a slow film, asa 50 or slower. For a higher speed and still fine grain Tri-X. If I wanted a tighter grain in Provia why wouldn't I s

Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread WRGill
I'm from the old black and white school of hard knocks. If I wanted fine grain I shot a slow film, asa 50 or slower. For a higher speed and still fine grain Tri-X. If I wanted a tighter grain in Provia why wouldn't I shoot 400 instread of pushing 100 to 400?

Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Li Xia and Dale Weedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you push Provia F100 to 400 do you need to modify the film > processing/development? Absolutely, yes, otherwise you aren't "pushing" the film. Rob

Re: Provia 400F (Was filmscanners: orange mask)

2001-01-21 Thread Li Xia and Dale Weedman
When you push Provia F100 to 400 do you need to modify the film processing/development? Dale W - Original Message - From: "Frank Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Forget it unless what you are after is highly visible grain. If you don't > want absolutely appalling grain but want the speed, it