Re: Photographing irises
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Photographing irises
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 06:50:20 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Amy Rupp wrote:
> > A little bit of Kodak inside info.....if you think you need 200 speed
> > print film - rethink.....use 100 or 400 instead. 100 is great for grain
> > structure and color reproduction - of course a tripod is always helpful.
> > 400 grain structure is as good as the 200 if not better.
> > There is a problem printing the 200 speed film - the programs used by the
> > hi speed printers are flakey for the 200 speed. Lots of hi-tech
> > mumbo-jumbo involved.
>
> Is this true for *all* brands of 200 speed or just Kodak? And I
> re-request an answer to the question "which film is best for (regular
> 35mm) stills"? > Amy Moseley Rupp> amyr@mpd.tandem.com, Austin, TX, zone 8b
I have done a lot of photography of honey bees on flowers with
slide film mostly. Prints once in a while. For me the best film is
either agfachrome or Agfacolor ASA 200. I can't get the 400 or I
would have tried it since I need as much film speed as I can get.
Can you get Agfa- film?
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Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
