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P3D Re: Slide film recommendations please


  • From: Linda Nygren <lnygren@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D Re: Slide film recommendations please
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 09:04:47 +0000

Rob wrote:
> 
>> I know that I will taking a lot of my beloved Kodachrome 25 with me, I
>> certainly hope that film is still as good as it always has been.  But I
>> also want to bring something faster as well. In the past I wasn't
>> thrilled with K64.  The grain wasn't bad, but the color saturation
>> wasn't that good.  But I  don't know if it has improved recently.
>>   And now I see that there is a K200 as well.  Does anybody have recent
>> experience with these films? 
>       In my opinion, NONE of the other slide films ISO 200 and above
> (this includes the discontinued Ektachrome Elite II 200 still found on
> store shelves) are suitable for stereo UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, they are
> just far too grainy - in print films, faster films have improved, but
> this has not occurred in slide films (unless, that is, Kodak's new 200
> is all its said to be)
I would agree with this. I have tried a few rolls of Kodachrome 200
(hoping for the color longevity I have seen in old Kodachrome slides)
but I found it very grainy. I use Sensia II 100 now, and hope the colors
last reasonably well over the next few decades, unlike some old
Ektachrome and Fujichrome slides that I took 20 years ago which have
faded (especially the Fujichrome). Does anyone know if the "new
improved" E-6 films of recent years are likely to hold up better? -Linda


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