AgfaPhoto CT 100 Precisa: Best quality film at lowest price

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Hi,

for those who want "the best bang for the buck":

The new AgfaPhoto CT 100 Precisa.

This new version is made by Fujifilm (the former was from Kodak).
This new version has been intensively tested by lots of film experts.
I have tested it also, and compared it to all other ISO 100 color slide and color negative films.

All who have tested this film so far came to the same conclusion, that this emulsion is almost identical to Provia 100F. It is either the Fuji Trebi 100 (Japanese amateur version of Provia), or Provia 100 batches, which are not 100% identical to Provia QC norms.
No matter what it is, it is very hard to distinguish the results of CT Precisa from Provia 100F.

This film has finer grain, and much better resolution and sharpness than Reala, Pro 160C, Ektar, Portra 160.
It also surpasses Efke 25 and Ilford PanF+ in detail rendition.
That are not only my results, but also the test results of scientific tests from other experts (e.g. Antora, Garnier, Mueller, Serger, Ventzke, Petrovic).
It's not surprising, because reversal film has been the prefered film in professional use for decades because of its better detail rendition (and because you always have an exact color reference for the scan and print).
Color reproduction is very neutral and accurate with this film. It has not the warmer tendency of most Kodak films.
If you want that, it is very easy, just use a Skylight 1A or 1B filter.

This excellent film is offered extremely cheap: In dm drugstores the double pack with two films is offered at only 6,45€!!
Much cheaper than any other top quality ISO 100 film.
You can also order it at our 'usual suspects' like www.fotobrenner.de, www.fotoimpex.de, www.nordfoto.de, www.foto-r3.com etc.

Cheers, Jan
 
kshapero said:
Sounds like a Europe thing.
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I don't think so.
I've also seen this film at Asian distributors.

In generel Lupus Imaging, the company which is selling the AgfaPhoto films, is shipping worldwide.
More likely is the US dealers are still sleeping (which is often the case with products from Europe).
Give them a kick in the ass and tell them you want this film, wake them up ;).

Cheers, Jan
 
I don't know, what's the deal. Agfaphoto in general is "banished" :=)) from America, or rather never got here in the first place.
 
Provia is currently $6.49/36 exp. at Adorama and B&H, more expensive at Freestyle.

The euro is around $1.27 at the moment so this works out to about $4.10 per roll of 36. That's almost 37% saved.
 
Thanks for the heads-up - reasonably priced 35mm slide film seems to be getting rarer and rarer, so it's nice to have an alternative (which is actually more of a replacement with different packaging!)
 
timor said:
I don't know, what's the deal. Agfaphoto in general is "banished" :=)) from America, or rather never got here in the first place.
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Ultrafine in the USA has AgfaPhoto film.
But currently only negative film is listed.
But as they have AgfaPhoto CN film, it should not be a problem for them to get the AgfaPhoto Precisa CT slide film as well if you American customers ask for that.

Cheers, Jan
 
I can't vouch for this film, but it sounded interesting enough... So, I wrote to Freestyle suggesting, "This seems like exactly the kind of product that you would carry."

Got a reply right back, saying they will stock it by sometime this summer.

Thank you, Freestyle.
 
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