Eye Vision Technology for great colors Great Reds Good Saturation Inexpensive

20 exposure rolls? From what I hear...hard to find..even harder to find a local Agfa processor. I must be lucky.

I shot my first 3 rolls of Vista 400 under what some may consider a true test of a print film. I took photos for my company durring the Chinese New Year, where about 80% of everything you see is RED. Some consider the color red the most difficult color for film to emulate. I processed my rolls at an Agfa Lab and I'm very pleased with the results. A lot of great detail in the reds (not like the red "blob" some complain about with Kodak film). Great color rendition overall. Great greens, deep and vibrant blues, sharp yellows, strong blacks, seems to work well for both caucasion and asin skin tones.

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Kodak Max 400, Fuji Superia X-tra 400

cheap, true skin tone, fine grain.

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This is easily my favourit print film. Much better than the Kodak and Fuji 400 speed films. Good punch, perfect for outdoor portrite.

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Fuji NPH,

Great color Contrast Speed and flexability

None that I noticed. Performed like I wanted it to.

I recently shot a Car Show using both AGFA Vista 400 and Fuji Superia 400. Pictures were taken from bright sun at noon to clouds at 4:00pm. The AGFA performed as well as the Fugi in all respects. Had all of them processed at a local 1 hour(needed them right away) and the color saturation, contrast, and overall looks of the pictures were to my eyes identical. When other photographers were asked to tell which ones were the AGFA they could not tell the difference. The 400 speed is very flexable for all types of shooting and does enlarge very well.

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Fuji Superia 400 & 800

- Crazy prices in Australia, rediculously cheap! - Fine grain, even for ISO400, good for enlargements. - Excellent colour reproduction and excellent degree of contrast.

- Not widely available.

NOTE: $3.00 price is for one roll of film in Australian Dollars, which is approx. US$1.50. What convinced me to buy this film originally was the rediculously low price for a triple pack: $8.88 when compared to $11.64 or more for Kodak MAX 400 or Fujifilm Superia 400. I go through at least two rolls of 24exp. films per week when I have free time, so I can''t afford to ditch money on expensive films. At first, I thought I was purchasing a lower quality film when I set my hands on Agfa Vista, and boy was I wrong! Colour reproduction is far better when compared to Kodak MAX 400, and grain, well, it is the perfect fast film for enlargements. Even in low light situations, indoors, or at night, this film performs like a faster version of an ISO200 film. I recommend this film to existing Kodak Gold/MAX or Fujifilm Superia users who insist on high quality for an affordable price. Combined with cheap processing at Kmart or Big W at AU$5.97 per 24exp. roll (approx. US$3.00), you can''t go far wrong with Agfa.

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- Agfacolour - Fujifilm Superia 100/200/400 - Kodak Gold 100/200 - Kodak MAX 400

Cheap in Canada Natural contrast Natural colour

None consider what it''''s supposed to do

Many higher speed consumer films come with higher contrast to suit/shape the public''''s taste. Agfa does something different and make its vista 400 lower contrast than its competitors, this makes the vista 400 looks like a vibrant version of NPH. Smooth contrast rendition! The lab I use print Vista 400 on Agfa''''s own Prestige Digital paper which is a perfect match. This combination provides a three dimension look on my photographs.

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Fuji NPH, Agfa Optima 400, Fuji x-tra 800

Low contrast, high saturation, accurate colors. Good skin tones. Very wide latitude and tolerates underexposure extremely well.

None, really. Grain could be finer, but, hey, this is an ISO 400 film.

Vista 400 is quite possibly the best all-purpose medium speed film on the market today, pro or amatuer. It has the very desirable attributes of low contrast and high (but not too high) saturation. Consequently, it is well suited to bright and muted lighting. Color accuracy is excellent, except for missing the mark on purple. Grain is more than acceptable, if not best in class. Caucasian skin tones are excellent. I would agree fully that this film is like an ISO 400 Reala, except that Reala has much finer grain than this and almost any other color print film.

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NPH, Supra (Don''t like it, because of its high contrast and tendency to go yellow).

Excellent for both high-contrast and low-contrast scenes; excellent color saturation and accuracy; doesn''t need overexposure to get dense negatives; acceptable grain; inexpensive.

A bit grainier than Supra 400 and Fuji Superia 200 films (but much better in direct sunlight); still hard to find (had to buy online).

I purchased a few rolls of the Agfa Vista 400 for a trip to Hawaii to be used in my Rollei Prego 90 in sunlit situations. I also brought a few rolls of Kodak Supra 400 for overcast situations since I knew from tests that the Supra is at its best in softer light and doesn''t do well in high contrast settings. The Vista 400 is the best film I''ve seen at this speed for bright sun. It records detail and looks very natural. Very impressive. It also did well in the overcast situations due to high color saturation. The colors are very saturated but still look natural. It captured the reds and greens of Hawaii accurately. Someone else described its color like a 400 speed Reala and I would have to agree. The only drawback is that the grain is a bit more visable than in the Supra 400, mainly in the sky areas. However, it is still very acceptable. Overall, an excellent choice for an all-purpose ISO 400 film. All prints were made on a Fuji Frontier (Ritz Camera) onto Fuji Crystal Archive paper.

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Kodak Supra 400 (great for low-contrast scenics, awful for high-contrast), Fuji NPH 400 (not saturated enough for many low-contrast scenics at rated speed, but otherwise very nice).

Extremely fine grain and sharp with qute saturated but still natural looking colors.

Haven't noticed any except perhaps that contrast is a bit on the low side.

Produces amazing 16x20" prints, this film shot at EI 400 looks a lot like Fuji Reala shot at EI 80

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most other negative films

Accurate color.
Little grain.
Color doesn't fade in midday sun as much as some other films.

Not widely available in the US.

We now have two great choices in 400 iso speed film--Superia is my other. I believe this film handles midday sun better than Fuji Superia 400, and the colors seem to be very accurate, even in artificial light. I still like Fuji Superia for closeup photography, but The Agfa Vista passes the red color bleed test that most Kodak films (except for Gold 200) flunk. I recommend the 400 Vista for P&S cameras, as it gives you another stop with slower lenses that the P&S's have. Color from the 400 Vista shot with a range of P&S including Olympus Infinity and Leica Z2X was more vibrant than the Vista 200, and I thought the 200 film performed well. I have yet to see the film in any store in the area, though. Only the 200 film is available at certain locations. If you can find some of this film, try it. I don't think you'll be disappointed! The Agfa HDC film wasn't great, but this is a large step in the right direction.

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See my review about the Agfa ISO 200 film.

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All 400 ISO consumer films.