Wow! I'm surprised to hear of that. I've got 5247 slides from around then
that appear to be in good shape still. I made a quick pass through a few old
trays just recently and they looked fine. I'll have to check more closely
though. I've got to confess to never getting the negs printed other than
from RGB. However, it seems to scan just fine.
I agree about the agfachrome! I used to shoot quite a lot of that and it
always seemed a very balanced film to me.
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Scott Gomez
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Couch [mailto:JamesBCouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: [OM] Other filmstocks (long-ish)
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
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