Originally posted by Red Dawn
Hi
i think it's not very fair to compare a Kodak consumer film with a Fui professional emulsion and come to the conclusion that the Kodak film is crap while the Fuji one is far and away superior.
Certainly Fuji NPH and Kodak MAX are really 2 very different beast, the former the pro negative film of choice for wedding and portraiture, while the latter, being positioned as mass market for consumers. It is even in those instant one time use throw away cameras.
You can buy Kodak MAX off almost any shop that sells film; you can get them bundled in boxes for ridiculously low prices, and you can find them all over. It is first and foremost, meant for your less savvy aunties and uncles who own automatic compact cameras.
For taking photography to the masses, i think the film, (and Kodak), deserves a little more credit than that.
Certainly if it does not meet up to your standards you should change to a different emulsion, but if u want to move to Fuji pro films, know that there are equivalent Kodak Pro films of similar speeds that work just as well, if not better.
Just don't draw incorrect conclusions about any manufacturer by comparing products aimed at different market segments.
