What, specifically, do you prefer about the Profia F? How is it better? I have
not tried the Profia F, but the colors on the Fuji films I have tried seemed
rather garish to me. I was also disappointed in the acuity or sharpness of the
films I tried. I really have not tried a lot of films the last couple of years,
I
suppose I should do some experimentation.
It does sound like your K64 problems are processing related. I have not had any
problems myself. I suspect that quality control must be better at the particular
lab mine go to.
Jim Couch
Mark Dapoz wrote:
> K64 has been my film of choice for the past 15+ years, but something at
> Kodak changed about 2 years ago. I started noticing a distinct cyan cast on
> some of the rolls I got back (yes, I tried several batches of film, and the
> colour cast seemed to occur randomly). At the same time the slides started
> to look much harsher than expected. I don't know if the film or processing
> changed, but something sure changed and K64 wasn't what it used to be. I
> also started noticing the quality control dropping. I constantly got back
> mismounted slides, scratches, and in one case my last frame was swapped with
> someone elses first frame. On the recommendation of many people, I gave
> Provia F a try. Wow, there's no comparision to today's Kodachrome, Provia F
> runs circles around it. Today I've switch completely to Provia F and the few
> rolls of K64 I still have are just sitting in the fridge. Besides being a
> better film, there's less headaches with getting it processed, and processed
> right!
> -mark
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