Probably "off-the-wall", but I wonder about the results using an Agfa
Arcus scanner? I too never standardized on Agfa chromes because of
availability, but other than that I loved the stuff. I preferred the
colour balance. Again, more Zen than Pentacostal revival meeting. :-D
Earl
AG Schnozz wrote:
>>In my brief experiment with Agfachrome RSX 100 I found that it
>>had a coarser, harder edged grain than Fuji. It made up for
>>it by appearing sharper and having a much nicer, more natural
>>color rendition.
>>
>>
>
>And don't forget the extended tonal seperation in the shadows.
>It was good for at least a full stop of exposure latitude over
>Provia.
>
>There were three reasons why I never adopted Agfachrome as my
>standard film:
>
>1. Availability
>2. Grain
>3. Tends towards a too cool (natural) color balance.
>
>What is wierd is that the E-1 when using CS2, -1 Contrast, has
>nearly identical color response. I was just looking at some
>RSX-50 slides the other day and noted how similar the look is.
>Uncanny.
>
>Every attempt at scanning them is thwarted by the golfball like
>grain, though. For some reason it really aliases something
>fierce on my 2700dpi scanner.
>
>AG
>
>
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