Actually it's just my personal opinion, if you can produce good photos with this film, go for it =)
I’m really thirsty with new film that I never tried before. As a big fan of x-pro color, I’m not really into color negative film. But the fabulous name of AGFA in the analogue photography industry made me want to try its color negative result. So I bought the last three rolls of it at Seni Abadi, Bandung, Indonesia.
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It’s totally usual color negative results that I get from this film.
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I expected too much that this film will be producing color as superb saturation as AGFA CT Precisa slide/positive film ISO 100 that I tried before.
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But as the new taster of hundreds of film in this world, my guess was wrong. It totally appears very brown, the typical color of Indonesia.
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And just like the other result of color negative films when shoot it at underexposure condition.
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When shooting with multiple exposures I hoped I could get more good or something that makes me surprised, but it is not.
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Then I use it with my other camera, it’s the Horizon Perfekt’s turn this time, but still I didn’t get a color result that satisfied me.
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With it’s only 24 + 3 exposure (it wrote like that on it’s canister), this film is no surprise color negative film for me.
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I don’t know if its expired date made it appear too usual in my eyes or it’s just me who expected too much from this film.
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At least I still have one of AGFA Vista that I saved for my future LC-Wide which I don’t know when it will be mine =p Wish me luck so I’ll write part of II of this article with my future LC-Wide, Amin YRA.
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10 comments
istionojr
amin yra vin, lc-a+ apa lc-w nih? lc-a+ rl bener2 bener loh hihihi.
hervinsyah
@istionojr : Sedikasihnya ama yang Maha memberi =)
robotto_dawad
amin juga vin hehehe
imagen
hervinsyah
@robotto_dawad : Hehe, nuhun, Vid =)
hervinsyah
@imagen : Wow, a pound? In Bandung, Indonesia the price are 2 or 3 pound but lucky me I bought it when the lab photo had a discount month =) Is it from fuji superia? So the real AGFA just stop their production just like their facebook fan page said. Btw thanks for a lot of info, it's help me so much
bsdunek
If the film is expired, it may have lost color. It also depends on how it was stored - if in a hot place, it will be worse! It also depends on the processing and printing - that can vary a lot.
I used to use Agfa Vista in the 1990s, and it had beautiful color. Now, 10-15 years later, who knows?
hervinsyah
@bsdunek : Agree, thanks =)
weleasewoger72
I have about 150 of these left (thank you Poundland) and I like it. On it's own it does look like a bog-standard film but if you Exposure both sides it looks wonderful.
hervinsyah
@weleasewoger72 : Thanks for the info. I'll try my last one when I get my future LC-Wide =)