Re: The bargain of APS: I had originally canned APS as a format following use of a cheap Point & Shoot....

I find myself shooting mostly 100 speed and 800 speed film.  The 100 I'll shoot in
bright sunlight and indoors with flash (I have a GN60 flash arrangement).  Outdoors in
the evening, I like 800 film.  The only film I really miss in APS is Konika's Impresa 
50
- this is a film that gives you E6 colors on a C41 print, the blues are exceptional.
For a bright day it can't be beat.  1600 film is still kind of grainy and 3200 is 
barely
doable in B&W, much less in color (colour).

Anna Nimotti wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:33:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >  I shoot mostly 35mm and if I see it getting dark I'll blast out
> > some extra exposures so that I can switch to the 800 speed film.  Now with APS, I
> > wouldn't be wasting those exposures and could switch right away to the 800 film.
> > How many shots end up being sub-optimal because you have the wrong speed film in
> > the camera?  Do you end up having to stop shooting at dusk because you have 200 or
> > 100 speed film in the camera?  As you can see the actual and opportunity costs can
> > add up.
>
> What you're saying is all true, but the issues of sub-optimal film and
> opportunity bring you up against the problem of the much smaller range
> of film types available in APS than in 35mm. To me, this limits that
> value of APS mid-roll film change.
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