Scott,
I shot some 5247 for a few years in the late 70s. I was looking at some of my
slides and the color is horrible! The slides have faded and color shifted BADLY.
I haven't checked the negs yet, hopefully they are OK. Another problem I ran
into was trying to get the negs printed. Most printers can't deal with the
different shade of mask on the film.
For many years I shot Agfachrome, and still do when I need a film faster than
K64. It is my second favorite film stock behind the K64. In some cases, better.
The Agfa has a very consistent tonality regardless of what speed film stock you
shoot. The colors are probably the most neutral of any slide film I have used.
In particular the whites remain white and blues are very faithfully produced. My
only real gripe is the stuff is hard to find. I can get the RSX 100 locally, but
anything else has to be ordered.
Jim Couch
Scott Gomez wrote:
SNIP
> I've shot many, many rolls of Eastman 5247 (now replaced by 5248) over the
> years however, and always have been very pleased with it. Good color
> rendition and relatively inexpensive. I should have some 5248 done soon so
> I'll be able to compare with the earlier stuff.
>
SNIP
> About the only drawback I've found is that development must be done by a
> shop equipped for those filmstocks (process ECN-2). Typical price/roll of 36
> is USD8.50 for negs + slides.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
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