Anyone use Fuji Reala?

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Been trying out different 120 films recently to see which I like and for what use. Tried Portra 400, Fuji 400H and Fuji 160NS, really liked the 400H for portraits and liked the Portra 400 for general use, only shot 3 rolls of 160 so far and need to send them off yet so can't comment on it.

Was reading some reviews of Reala and all are pretty favourable, just wondering if anyone has used it and in what context.

Not got round to trying any other Kodaks yet but I am keen to try some of the low ISO examples.
 
I used Reala once when it was still available in 35mm, it seemed quite nice being dead neutral and natural with very fine grain. Portraits looked especially great in it. Pity they discontinued it in 35mm shortly afterwards as I quite liked the results.
 
Looked to be a nice film, they discontinued it right when I was looking to try it. Seen plenty of good shots on it.
 
there's 3 shots on Reala 100 in this set on flickr. They've had pretty much nothing apart from a slight crop and sharpen after scanning. To me, it's OK - nothing to write home about, but as I've around 20 rolls of 35mm sat in the freezer, it's pretty much my "camera test" film - bang a roll through the camera, and drop it in at Boots, pick it up next day and see if the camera needs fixing or not.
 
What would you recommend as a fine grain film for landscape use out of interest?
 
I've always had a soft spot for Velvia, ever since it came out round about 1990 - but it's a bit of a marmite film, and of course, it's E6 so you've a decent lab to find. It's also notoriously tight on exposure lattitude and can be awful to scan. But, when you get a 10x8" sheet from the developing tank and hold it to the light, and you see something resembling a miniature stained glass window, its all worth it. It's nice on 35mm and MF, but stunning on the larger formats.
 
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I've always had a soft spot for Velvia, ever since it came out round about 1990 - but it's a bit of a marmite film, and of course, it's E6 so you've a decent lab to find. It's also notoriously tight on exposure lattitude and can be awful to scan. But, when you get a 10x8" sheet from the developing tank and hold it to the light, and you see something resembling a miniature stained glass window, its all worth it. It's nice on 35mm and MF, but stunning on the larger formats.
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Might give it a shot and see what it's like, we have no good local labs so all my colour stuff goes to Genie Imaging. Large format is something I'm looking at for next term in college and my tutors only recommend Velvia for it.
 
Reala is worth trying in 120 as I'm very pleased with OOD by 5 years the 35mm version.
 
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