RDP or Astia for Fashion/Hair

I am a digital user and my client wants me to take some shots for a

magazine and they will make some posters out of the photos taken.

I have not been using slide for a long time and I was wondering if I

should use RDP or Astia for this work. It will be a photo shoot of

hair make-up so I don't think bringing out the natural colour is a

problem.

I would like to know which film has a better latitude, RDP or Astia.

Also what is the difference between RDP and RDP III.

Also what is the real speed of RDP, RDP III, Astia. Normally how do

you rate these films?

Sorry for the simple questions, I have not been shooting slides for

a long long time. I will use digital as a backup and as polaroid for

the test shoots.

Cheers!

Astia is the more neutral of the two films that you have mentioned. In general it will be lower in contrast and saturation and give more accurate results in terms of color reproduction. I'm also attaching a dataguide that may help you further...

Michael D. D'Avignon

Personally I prefer C-41 or Ektachrome skin tones, but Astia is

preferable to RDP3 for your application. Answering other questions:

Astia 100F has more latitude than Provia 100F, which has more than

Velvia. RDP3 is a fine-grained "F" emulsion; I doubt you can buy RDP

now. All three look fine to me at box speed, but bracketing helps

you and improves profits for the vendors.