CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
yes, sad but true. anyway, the film is quite difficult to handle here in our tropical climate. Go for Konica Centuria 400 available in any Konica store. Only about 4 dollars and has a good general response and you don't get the blood red characteristics of E200. Fuji is also making a come-back into the emulsion industry with a slide film called Fujichrome Fortia at speed 50. Low reciprocity and good response particularly in H-Alpha. Pushable by two stops before the spectral characteristic skews. Hope the local stores will have them soon. worth of try as well.
no idea who uses techpan here, i dun see any place selling 135 techpans, film is suppose to be iso 25 and ultra thin.
fortia is suppose to be fuji's ultra high saturation slide film, even higher saturation than velvia 50, but it's suppose to be limited production and sold in japan only >.<
hi mooey,
yes, have seen TP2415 before, very thin indeed. You can try ruby. And the ISO can be changed in the darkroom process. I am trying to obtain fortia from japan once the test runs by the japanese astrophotographers prove to be promising.
