So how close is the Agfa stuff to Velvia 100f for those that have shot both? I can buy the Agfa here for 1/2 the price of the Fuji packaged films so if its even only 90% as good I will be shooting it.
It's as close to Velvia 100f as Provia 100f... never used velvia 100f, but my guess is that it has less contrast and saturation. You can take photos of people with it...
Here's some photos I took on Agfa Prcisa CT 100 and developed last weekend. Be warned, I warmed up a bit the outdoor photos. About 81A equivalent and I think I will get a skylight filter next time I use it (or 81A).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jareksm/tags/agfaprecisact100/
I've always thought of AGFA chromes as having their own distinct personality and palettes which cannot be compared to the more energetic palettes that Fuji offers. As a user of Provia 100F though that would be a close match. It's important to look at differences in Fuji. (Velvia) 100F has the same contrast and tonal specifications as Velvia 50 but with an entirely different ('out there', if you will) palette — something which has not particularly endeared that emulsion with people in the landscape genre (espeically LF), and thus it was the first to fall by the wayside when Fuji began culling films. Main problems (scanning and printing) are out-of-gamut yellow-mustard and pale blue-greens, then red-browns that can look quite silly. No such problems with Provia or AGFA. Some good results have been obtained printing 100F it to Ilfochrome Classic (I have fourteen prints here from 2003-2009) with a considerable amount of tweaking of filtration. That film is generally immediately less appealing than well crafted prints of any kind from RVP50 or tempered images from the more gaudy RVP100.
I think you mistyped there. It's Astia that's discontinued (in every format), Velvia 50 and 100 and Provia 100F are all that's left, all in 135, 130, and 4x5. Plus some Agfa/Rollei something, otherwise it's whatever else is left on shelves and in freezers until Ferrania get going.
The youngest Agfa I've got is some RSX100 9x12s that expired in 2006 and some 120s from 2003, not sure when they stopped making it but it was at least around then.
Meanwhile, what? Quitting altogether? I hope I didn't just read that...
Agfa doesn't make any film. There's only one company which makes E6 now, Fuji. Agfa just stamps it's name on a box.
You mixed up Agfa with AgfaPhoto, a branding company.
Absolutely right!
Agfaphoto CT Precisa 100 has been the subject of many threads before, including one where Henning compares it to other films.
The branded Agfaphoto CT Precisa 100 is Fuji RDP I or II (old Provia). The present Fuji Provia 100F is RDP III, so it is the 3rd generation of this film. Note the added F.
I was just focused on Velvia 50, so that i said it is discontinued in large format
Ricardo, is there a solid knowledge of the fact that [AgfaPhoto]Precisa is [Fuji]RDP I or II?. I can hardly believe Fujifilm coats previous version as well.
Another possibility would be selling for rebranding an old stock superceeded by a newer emulsion.
Or selling the same film to different markets at different prices.
Agfa most probably is the world's largest manufacturer of film.
Ricardo, is there a solid knowledge of the fact that Precisa is RDP I or II?. I can hardly believe Fujifilm coats previous version as well.
Except that it's not, they're still making Velvia 50, Velvia 100, and Provia 100F, in 4x5, fresh from the factory in Japan. I've got some in my freezer, expiry 2015. Cost me US$140/20 sheets, but it exists. You can find it all over fleabay in the new packaging.
There's been so much mis-information over this that I feel the need to correct it every time, mostly coming from the Fuji USA distributor saying that they're not stocking it, or it's "discontinued in USA". Everyone takes that to mean that Japan aren't making it, which isn't true.
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