Agfa Vista 400 film

jgredline · 05-17-2009, 07:08 PM

Hi folks.
Has anybody here had any experience with Agfa Vista 400 film?
I bought a 5 pack on ebay and my results are not good at all. I don't know if it was the processing or bad film. I will post up some full size untouched images in a minute.

jgredline · 05-17-2009, 07:13 PM

jgredline · 05-17-2009, 07:13 PM

jgredline · 05-17-2009, 07:14 PM

This grain looks more like digital noise to me ?

VF-19 · 05-17-2009, 09:52 PM

Is this scanned from the photolab, or did you scan the negatives yourself? I had my local photolab botch my scans, and they looked far too grainy for 200 speed film.

To be honest, I didn't really care that they messed the scans, as I had the negatives, and could have them print the shots of my choice.

Oh, and did the seller metion anything particular about the film (storage conditions, expiry etc...)?

*k100d* · 05-17-2009, 10:34 PM

that's pretty nasty ... it'd be intersting to see what the culprit is

jgredline · 05-18-2009, 07:56 AM

Thanks for the replies guys. These where processed and scanned to cd by target. Normally I get the 24 hour service, but these where one hour. Not sure if they where rushed or what, but I will try scanning the negs myself this afternoon and see what happens.

*ChrisPlatt* · 05-18-2009, 12:41 PM

My wife used the Walgreens Studio 35 ISO400 color negative film when AFAIK it was Agfa Vista.
Her prints never looked like that. It was a very nice film - not grainy, with very natural colors.

Chris

jgredline · 05-18-2009, 04:12 PM

oK, It turns out to be the scanning. While I am still not happy with the flat colors and lack of pop, atleast I can do something with it. Here are some straight scans that I did with resizing only. Some I scanned right to gray scale as well to see what they looked like.

jgredline · 05-18-2009, 04:13 PM

jgredline · 05-18-2009, 04:13 PM

*lbenac* · 05-18-2009, 04:48 PM

That is a big change for the better!!!
BTW what are you scanning with? I think that you use VueScan (like I do) from a previous post.
I have a Plustek 7500i with Silverfast 6.6 Ai which is a little bit overkill but I just purchased a Konica Minolta Dimage IV new on eBay.

Cheers,

Luc

*ChrisPlatt* · 05-18-2009, 05:10 PM

Vista was Agfa's least expensive color negative film.
Optima was a step up. Try some if you can find it...

Chris

jgredline · 05-18-2009, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by lbenac

That is a big change for the better!!!
BTW what are you scanning with? I think that you use VueScan (like I do) from a previous post.
I have a Plustek 7500i with Silverfast 6.6 Ai which is a little bit overkill but I just purchased a Konica Minolta Dimage IV new on eBay.

Cheers,

Luc

Thanks. Yes, I use VueScan. I have another scanner with Silverfast, though, I have not used it in a while.

jgredline · 05-18-2009, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisPlatt

Vista was Agfa's least expensive color negative film.
Optima was a step up. Try some if you can find it...

Chris

Thanks Chris. I am not blaming the film. I believe it was a combination of processing and mostly scanning. I have 4 more rolls, So I will try again.