Jerry I would not recommend other agfa products than RSX II colour slide APX BW negative film and Scala 200 Scala is the only of its kind and it has something that no cros/revers whatever processed BW film have - can not explain but sure can see it RSX II is the only clour slidefilm with neutral yellow and the abillity to render fine differncies in yellow on a piece of art APX is an OK allround BW film but not better than the other films around I never use colour negative films and I never will so I have no meaning about the Portrait 160 I will cry if Agfa is not around and I will emty what ever savings I have to buy up stock of RSX II Best Ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:17 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: looks like it is the end for agfa > Ruben, > > Speaking of AGFA, I just finished the last of a batch of > Portrait 160 that I had in 3 cameras. Never in my life > have I ever seen such MUDDY prints! I ruined many > shots of our brand new Occicat. > > A few years back, Costco's Kirkland brand of film > was made by Agfa, and it was brilliant. It was my > standard 200 ISO film. They dropped that film and > I went to Kodak Ultracolor 400. > > Don't expect me to shed a tear on their demise. > > Jerry > > Ruben wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ardeshir Mehta" <ardeshir@xxxxxxx> >> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:58 AM >> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: looks like it is the end for agfa >> >> > >> > Yes, indeed. A respected brand name which has been around for years >> > has inherent value in its field, regardless of who owns it. Whoever >> > buys it up will most likely keep it going. >> > >> > >> >> I hope so - Ardeshir >> If I can not get my RSX II 50 and 100 ISO I will have to go digital - and >> I >> do not want to go digital >> of to se my parrents in law >> have a nice weekend >> Ruben >> >> --- >> Rollei List >> >> - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' >> in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org >> >> - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >> 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org >> >> - Online, searchable archives are available at >> //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list