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Re: [OM] Hi Res film scans on a CD

Subject: Re: [OM] Hi Res film scans on a CD
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:14:46 -0400
Thanks.

Chuck Norcutt

Ken Norton wrote:
>> I have a small stock of Kodak and Fuji portrait films but it has been
>> relegated to the freezer for the past 3 years and I've used very little
>> of it.  Has its composition been changed to improve scanning during that
>> time or has it always been so?  In other words, will I do well to
>> replace it?
>>
> 
> The Kodak Portra films are all new.  The colors are the same, but the grain
> is incredibly improved--especially in the ISO 400 versions. As to scanning,
> the base is now slightly milky (frosted) to improve scanning.
> 
> Fuji 160S has been improved recently, as well. I think Fuji just
> slipstreamed the changes in without making a big deal out of it. I'm not
> sure exactly what changed or when, but 160S is now my preferred color print
> film and the colors/contrast are essentially a perfect knockoff of what I'm
> getting with the E-1.
> 
> AG
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