kshapero
South Florida Man
Need to do a shoot coming up soon in the evening, in a ballroom available light only. Must be C41. Any opinions on the best high speed 35mm film? 800 or 1600 ISO.
Tuolumne
Veteran
Portra 800. You will not be sorry. Fine grain with high speed. What's not to like?
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nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Maybe try Kodak Portra NC 800...
btgc
Veteran
BW or color? Can not say for BW, though for color I found Konica centuria 1600 pleasing. Probably you can find it. For ISO800 I stand for Fuji 800Z.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Tuolumne...Jinx...you owe me a coke...
Al Kaplan
Veteran
Pro films in general seem to be well balanced for daylight and electronic flash, give great flesh tones, and come with the suggestion that it's really wise to keep them refridgerated and process as soon as possible. For all that inconvenience you have to buy it from a "pro" supplier and pay about double the price, even though 36 exposure rolls, at least for the same film, should be cheaper per frame than 24 exposure rolls. Amateur films are available in four, or sometimes five packs of 24 exposure rolls at your local Walgreens or other convenient place, and every few weeks are advertised at rediculously low price just to get you in the store.
The stuff is designed for Uncle Jake to leave in the glove comartment of his car in the summer heat (at least for a day or two...LOL) and still get what I refer to as "believable color". Since Uncle Jake never did quite get the concept of what "degrees Kelvin" meant when he took high scool basic science, and since that was just regarding temperature itself, not the color of light emitted by a "theoretical black body" heated to that temperature, he doesn't have a clue as to why his inside photos came out orange with that damned worthless overpriced pro film. Amateur film is designed to give "believable" color in a wide variety of lighting conditions. It gives fairly decent color under flourescents if the machine operator tweaks the Fuji machine a bit at the One-Hour lab while pro film is more likely to go green. With tungsten room light, about 2800K or 2900K, together with fill flash in the 5500K to 6000K range you'll still get "believable" color. They're designed for people who take Chrismas pix, Easter pix, and summer vacation pix on the same roll. For available light use the amateur film. It can handle a variety of different situations much better. For consistancy of color shoot the whole affair with one brand and speed. Fuji doesn't look exactly like Kodak, etc. Also get the rolls all processed at the same place at the same time. I'd probably choose ISO 400 over ISO 800 unless I was sure that the place was really dark.
The stuff is designed for Uncle Jake to leave in the glove comartment of his car in the summer heat (at least for a day or two...LOL) and still get what I refer to as "believable color". Since Uncle Jake never did quite get the concept of what "degrees Kelvin" meant when he took high scool basic science, and since that was just regarding temperature itself, not the color of light emitted by a "theoretical black body" heated to that temperature, he doesn't have a clue as to why his inside photos came out orange with that damned worthless overpriced pro film. Amateur film is designed to give "believable" color in a wide variety of lighting conditions. It gives fairly decent color under flourescents if the machine operator tweaks the Fuji machine a bit at the One-Hour lab while pro film is more likely to go green. With tungsten room light, about 2800K or 2900K, together with fill flash in the 5500K to 6000K range you'll still get "believable" color. They're designed for people who take Chrismas pix, Easter pix, and summer vacation pix on the same roll. For available light use the amateur film. It can handle a variety of different situations much better. For consistancy of color shoot the whole affair with one brand and speed. Fuji doesn't look exactly like Kodak, etc. Also get the rolls all processed at the same place at the same time. I'd probably choose ISO 400 over ISO 800 unless I was sure that the place was really dark.
kshapero
South Florida Man
Thanks, folks. Anybody try Fuji Superia 1600?
mcgrattan
Well-known
I shot a film at a friend's wedding using 800Z and was happy with the results. The colour had a nice painterly quality to it. I used it indoors and out and under mixed lighting.
I had to do a little Photoshop work though to get perfect colour inside and out.
[these were snapshots, not paid-for wedding shots]
I had to do a little Photoshop work though to get perfect colour inside and out.
[these were snapshots, not paid-for wedding shots]
Arvay
Obscurant
Fuji Natura 1600. Try it.
btgc
Veteran
Also good...I've shot couple of rolls only. From 1600 I choose Centuria1600 because it's also good and cheaper 2x than Superia1600.
Andrew Sowerby
Well-known
I've used Fuji 800Z a few times. The results were quite nice. I haven't tried any other high-speed colour film though.
btgc
Veteran
urban_alchemist
Well-known
At the moment, my high-speed colour go-to is Fuji Pro400H, pushed one-stop to 800.
For some reason, the noise seems more balanced than the 800Z.
You can make up your own mind though...
(All Leica MP, Noctilux)
400H@800
800Z
Fuji Superia 800 pushed one-stop to 1600 was pretty impressive too... makes me wonder what 800Z would be like pushed
For some reason, the noise seems more balanced than the 800Z.
You can make up your own mind though...
(All Leica MP, Noctilux)
400H@800
800Z
Fuji Superia 800 pushed one-stop to 1600 was pretty impressive too... makes me wonder what 800Z would be like pushed