Producers adopted the (international) standard of the ISO, and dropped the standard of the ASA. To my knowledge, the standard is the same. This is like a country changing it's name... documentarians try to get it right. More important and my original point... One's working speed rating for a film based upon individual work flow and artistic preference/choice is the Exposure Index (as Allen Zak points out) and not the ISO (or ASA)... Eric Goldstein -- On 9/25/07, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 12:47 PM 9/25/2007, Eric Goldstein wrote: > >Marc - > > > >Perhaps you and Jim can point to a film box made within the past 10 > >years which indicates an ASA speed? > > You are being deliberately obtuse. I just > checked a box of film, and the speed is shown as > "100/21 ISO". The "100" is ASA. The "21" is > DIN. The combination is ISO. But the "100" > portion remains the ASA speed. Let's not play rather petty games over this. > > Marc > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > --- > 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 > > F�ez"������h��ez)b���y�b��(��n�+�����%�襊�kz�����y�b��(� "�.n�+�����^���y�_��]9��� �x"��0��y�b��(�'���r��y�k�Y^�X������-~���+-����+a�{.n�+�����^���y�_��]9��� �x"��0��y�b��(���)ޱ��r����r�zƫy�ڊV��歆�i��0���zX���+���r�z���Y^�X�