Earl,
Your posting got me to thinking. I used quite a bit of Agfachrome
back in the late 70's to early 80's simply because at that time I worked for
a susidiary of Bayer AG and we could get loads of it (including processing
mailers) for pretty cheap. At the time I shot color transparencies
exclusively and was pretty pleased with this film. Time has a way of
changing perceptions so tonight I'm going to dig out the old slide files
from that time and review them.
That having been said, I haven't seen Agfachrome in this country for
a long time, certainly not in stores. It is still available from B&H Photo
in both consumer and professional versions but I have not tried it.
Charlie Geilfuss
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From: Earl Dunbar [mailto:edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:50 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Chromes: Opinions on Agfa?
Speaking of films, as I have been "out of it" for awhile (many will say I'm
PERMANENTLY out of it in many areas), what are opinions of Agfachromes? I
used to really like them, but distribution in NA was, uhm, not good. Canada
(at least Southern Ontario) seemed better than the US, but then I think it
got bad there, too.
Also, what I hear is that colour negative films have improved greatly and
that for some publications, negatives are now du jour. Is that the case?
Earl aka Canoeman
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On 9/23/2003 at 12:40 PM Mike wrote:
>>
>>
>>I seem to like the slight warmth from the 81A filter matches the cooler
>>Fuji films quite well.. I'm rather pleased with it.. Can I leave it on
>>permanently instead of my UV filter? What situations would that not be
>>good?
>>
>>Albert
>>
>Not good would be low angle early morning or evening with lots of red
>already. IMO If you process your photos in Photoshop there is little
>reason to use any of the mild color correction filters. They might do
>more harm than good in front of your expensive glass. Exceptions might
>include a polarizer or correcting for a specific color such as
>florescent lighting or high altitude UV. If you think fuji is too cool
>why not try something else?
>
>Mike
>
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