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Why I will miss Agfa 100


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I even liked their Vista 400 better than Kodak MAX 400 though I think Superia 400 is the best 400 speed consumer film around. Agfa 100 is/was great indeed. No more Agfa is too bad. I think I'll visit Germany in within a couple of weeks to get some of the last remaining stock, it's only a 200km 'round trip' by car from where I live so that's doable on a saturday.
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Yes it will be missed. I am glad I have a freezer full of all types of Agfa Color. The Vista 800 is also/was a great film I think I have a dozen rolls of that left also. I need to get into my freezer and get it all in order. I tend to get rolls when I find them then throw them into a plastic bag then dump them in the freezer.

 

Larry

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I second the praise for Vista 800! I once won a ten-pack of the stuff from AGFA, via one of their Web contests. Even more to their credit, it was ten 36exp rolls, too.

 

It took me a little while to get used to the look of the film, but the cool, almost "cyber" look it had really won me over.

 

Wish I had a little more money in the budget to buy up large quantities of remaining stock, but I don't, so I guess I'll just have to grab what I can. I was told by a salesperson there, that I did actually buy the last roll of AGFA Portrait 160 in 135 format that Samy's camera (in L.A.) will probably ever carry.

 

Perhaps one day, the technology will allow the various looks of many of our favourite extinct films to be created in-camera via a button push or as a Photoshop plug-in...

 

A.

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