New Rollei Slide film on the way

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I bought some AGFA Precisa the other week, it was all I could find in 35mm but at £7 a roll its not bad.
Funny speed that, 320
I'll be interested to see how much this stuff is gonna cost...:)


edit....they don't seem to be promoting on their site which seems daft to say it gets released in a few days
I mean, that's where we're gonna be buying it from..right ?
 
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joxby said:
I bought some AGFA Precisa the other week, it was all I could find in 35mm but at £7 a roll its not bad.
Funny speed that, 320
I'll be interested to see how much this stuff is gonna cost...:)


edit....they don't seem to be promoting on their site which seems daft to say it gets released in a few days
I mean, that's where we're gonna be buying it from..right ?
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I'm just hoping they took more time and care over the film than they did spell-checking that artwork above ;)
 
I think that this may be.

Ektachrome - FPP RetroChrome 320 Colour Slide Film.

If so could be very interesting.
 
They're saying to project shoot at 200, to scan shoot at 320-400 (DX coded at 320); interesting! Who projects these days?

"Rollei Vario Chrome 135-36 is a medium to high-speed color reversal film that is intended for photography under low-level daylight illumination or under other light sources using proper filtration. Rollei Vario Chrome has a medium degree of sharpness, its image results are characterized by a slightly visible grain and a warmish image tone.

"As the name of the film suggests it has a broad exposure latitude from 200 to 400 ISO (DX coded at 320 ISO). If you intend to project the slides we suggest to shoot the film at 200 ISO whereas 320-400 ISO is preferable for scanning applications.

"Pre-sale will start next week on Monday."

Interesting!
 
I wonder what its based on? Hopefully not that rubbish CR200 film I left with Nick in the peaks.
 
Slide film......with latitude......and medium sharpness......:cautious:


you know its all gone a bit pete tong when you're getting excited about a film with that description
 
joxby said:
Slide film......with latitude......and medium sharpness......:cautious:


you know its all gone a bit pete tong when you're getting excited about a film with that description
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LOL - I was just thinking that is an odd description. How can an emulsion have, "medium sharpness"? Surely that's a characteristic of the lens, or am I missing something? Do they actually mean medium resolution?

Or, let me guess, it's actually just a load of old marketing b*****ks!
 
Is sharpness a characteristic of a lens? Isn't it a subjective impression, based on contrast, resolution and adjacent effects where all apply to films and two to lenses? Saying that, some films are often desribed as having "crisp grain" which gives an increased illusion of sharpness. I never enlarge enough to see grain, so this is just heresay as far as I'm concerned.
 
ChrisR said:
If you intend to project the slides we suggest to shoot the film at 200 ISO whereas 320-400 ISO is preferable for scanning applications.
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That's also a bit of an eh?, when quite often its the density of slide that can create problems for scanners, you'd have thought it would be be the other way round
 
ETTR and ETTL don't just apply to digital!

Exposure for transparency (slide) film might normally be geared to protection of highlights rather than end-use. And there's no fixed intensity for a screened image - the screen can be moved relative to the projector.

If there's detail in the shadows (as there should be), a good scanner will find it. I'm suggesting that highlight protection should take precedence over scanner deficiencies. Once they're gone, they're gone, & you won't get them back.

Not everything's possible, and all is relative, but an image has to work at a basic level - it has to tip the scales, at least.
 
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