Sounds like these films had similar characteristics to the old CT-18 Agfa
films, although I don't remember them that way.
Billl Pearce
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] e-6 processing
> According to earlier information, Sensia is essentially Astia with a
> different film-base. Astia is supposed to digitize a little better, but
> for
> projection and/or light-table analysis Sensia is the same thing.
>
> Also, there is that bit about aging... I believe Sensia has stabilizers
> added and is produced slightly "green" and is allowed to ripen to the best
> color about 1/3 the way into the "use-by" date. Whereas Astia is produced
> to be at best color right away.
>
> Back in the day when I used to shoot Fujichrome 50 and 100, I used to
> "age"
> my film. I'd buy it in bricks and would sample rolls until I got the
> color
> I wanted then I'd freeze the entire brick. A carefully aged roll of
> Fujichrome 50 was nearly indistinguishable from Velvia. And it was a
> whole
> lot cheeper--especially when bought in those 5-packs. A brick of 5-packs
> was almost 1/2 the cost of Velvia per frame.
>
> A side-note of Fujichromes: I was a big fan of the original Fujichrome 50
> and 100 films. For shooting in Michigan, there was a marked difference in
> coloring of tree bark. Northern hardwood forests will render grey bark
> when
> shot on Kodachrome or Ektachrome, but will actually pick up tans and
> browns
> when shot with Fujichrome 50, 100, Velvia and Provia. Astia renders it
> grey
> like Kodachrome. The differences were significant. Fujichrome 100 was a
> touch grainy and when Provia came out, we all quickly migrated to it as
> the
> skies were much cleaner. Unfortunately, Provia didn't have the edge
> detail
> and acutance which Fujichrome 100 had. For a short time there was a
> consumer version of Provia that replaced Fujichrome 100, but I'm not
> remembering what it was known as. Maybe Fujichrome 100-II. By the time
> we
> really realized what was going on with Provia, it was too late to buy up
> any
> significant stash of Fujichrome 100. Fujichrome 50 and 100 did not suffer
> from the lateral halation issues which have plagued Velvia and Provia but
> evidently not Astia.
>
> AG
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