"Robert G. Earnest" <rge@earnestphoto.com> wrote/replied to: > >Fuji Astia was my favorite for skin tone. I bought all of the remaining >stock in town when I heard they were discontinuing it. I shot it all on >a job and the grain came back really big. The lab said that they didn't >do anything wrong, Fuji was mum and my client was furious. I very nearly >lost them over it. That film must have been improperly stored, and this could happen with any film, plus you bought it at different places, some might have been old etc. As you know, the normal grain of Astia is pretty decent. >I was surprised to see that it wasn't ever discontinued in the states >and have heard rumours that they are bringing it back to Canada. I'm surprised it was discontinued too, since it's always been available in Japan. Different name, but always here and very popular. It's what a Pro used for skin tones in slide films. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/
