New Fuji Stuff

[Roger Krueger]

I'm hearing a lot about the new NPS and NPC, but what about NPL? Does it continue in its current form, get upgraded to the new technology without fanfare, or quietly go away?

It CAN'T go away, I'm already using all my spare freezer space for Tech Pan!

 

[jd callow]

It won't go away. there are are only 2 T neg films on the market and I am sure Fuji is waiting for Kodak to blink first.

 

[Ed Sukach]

Hey Ed, could you please let me know how the Ultrafine paper works out? I'm getting my own suppy of this sometime soon and I'd like to know how it compares to a more standard-issue paper such as Kodak Endura in terms of speed, color accuracy, and filter pack settings.
~Karl

I ordered a bunch of stuff, from B&H, Calumet and J&C, as well as Ultrafine. All has been received except the Ultrafine Order. I was supposed to get an "automatic" e-mail from UPS ... but as of now, nothing. I've e-mailed Ultrafine - no answer yet.

Anyone else deal with Ultrafine?

 

[Ed Sukach]

First "run" with Fuji Crystal Archive paper... so far, so good. It certainly is NOT my favorite Ilfocolor, but not bad - not bad at all. I estimate Fuji is one to one and one-half stops faster (not necessarily "good" - but not a disaster, either). Color balance is somewhat different, less Magenta and Yellow filtration is proper.
Careful with overexposure - overexposure will result in skin having the appearance of a severe sunburn. *Slight* underexposure produces a very good skin tones.

I'd post examples here, but I am past disillusionment as far as using this #$@ machine for ANY color evaluation. I've scanned, manipulated, and tweaked. Printed images from the scanned files have been compared to the original with a Color Densitometer - *very close color balance*. I'll post to the Gallery ... and everything goes down the tubes. "Too green" - again. I wonder ... just how many here DO calibrate their monitors?

Anyway... Fuji looks like a viable substitute for Ilfocolor. Some questions remain - reciprocity characteristics, lot-to-lot and size-to-size uniformity .. temperature/ aging sensitivity before and after processing - a few hundred others.

But - as I've said, so far, so good.

 

[panchromatic]

The new films will be available in summer 2005. They will replace the current Fujicolor Portrait Film NPS 160 and NPC 160.

I'm assuming this is 35mm, 120, and 220, and large format? the release didn't mention it...