You can't whack a good film when taking astrophotos. I can't say I've
ever seen a CCD image other than of deep sky objects, the planets and
the moon or comets. I guess the homepage of this legend just goes to
show CCDs and digital will have a lot to do to beat film to death!
http://www.polarimage.fi/
All the best,
Gareth.
Roger Wesson wrote:
It's interesting, because a guy in a camera shop I was in a while ago
told me that Fuji was going to discontinue Sensia 100. He seemed to
be convinced that slower films were dying, much as has been feared in
various discussions on the list. However, if Velvia is coming out in
100 speed that would seem to be untrue. I look forward to trying it,
but I certainly hope it holds more shadow detail than Velvia 50! I
find Velvia currently just too contrasty for a cheapskate like me who
doesn't like to bracket too much.
As this is pertinent to the recurring discussion about whether film
will ever die out, I thought I would mention that even in the world of
astronomy where detector efficiency is paramount and CCDs have long
been king, film is not yet dead, and one recent sky survey which
doubled the number of known planetary nebulae made use of Tech Pan,
because of the much larger surface area available.
Roger
Jamie Costello wrote:
I had heard that Fuji was expanding its professional slide line to
fill out the ASA 100 spot with new formulations of Sensia and Velvia
(and a faster Provia, too). This link is to Fuji's website and is
not terribly elucidating (like the rest of their site), but ... :
http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/PRNewsDetail.jsp?DBID=NEWS_543027
Jamie
Fort Myers, FL
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