400H Landscape Samples?

[FA Limited]

anyone have samples of landscapes taken with 400H? wondering how good they it would work as a vacation film. don't really want to discuss other options, just wanna see photos to judge the 'color intensity'.

didn't really see much on flickr, i guess it's not the purpose of the film but was wanted to see some real samples.

 

[scottwallick]

I just returned from a two-week trip through Morocco. I shot only Fuji 400H, nothing else. There aren't any pure landscapes in the collection, but there are a variety of locations to give you an idea of 400H.

Anyhow, you can see the photos here. These are scans from the negatives done by Dan's Camera in Allentown, PA.

 

[FA Limited]

thanks a lot scott!
really like your set and it was exactly what i was looking for ... now i want a zeiss ikon again 🙁

400h seems to give very natural colors, but still giving some solid vivid colours.

 

[scottwallick]

Thank you, sir. As only a very recent rangefinder user, I'm still getting used to framing. But you can see the Zeiss Ikon's metering is spot on, and the rendering by the Biogon 35/2.8 and Planar 50/2 lenses is lovely.

And the Fuji Pro 400H is a long time favorite of mine. I really just like Fuji films in general: 800Z, 160C, Acros 100, and on and on.

 

[le vrai rdu]

best color film ever met, works great with huge summer light

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

Not landscapes, but these are 400H with ZM 35/2 taken last year.

(a lot of grain in the shadows here - anyone know why?)

You can see much larger scans on my Flickr in the Zeiss Ikon set.

 

[FA Limited]

thanks andy and cyrille too!
really liking the 400H samples you guys have 🙂
think it will be my next vacation film

 

[le vrai rdu]

IMHO it is a very very neutral film, I was very surprised fisrt time I scanned it 😀 it is so "real" 🙂

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

I agree, a very neutral film. A bit too neutral for me after shooting Superia 400 for quite a while!

 

[aad]

It's negative film-and a favorite. I plan on using more. For landscapes, it doesn't give me the magenta cast that Reala does, and is kind to fair-skinned people.

 

[Pablito]

(a lot of grain in the shadows here - anyone know why?)

grain in the shadows is a classic symptom of underexposed color neg film.

The bright window in the center of the photo "tricked" the light meter into underexposing the interior. Next time bias the exposure a little more towards the interior. Tricky metering like this is why I never use AE.

The film is lovely. Makes me want to shoot color film again.

 

[urban_alchemist]

Probably the best colour film I've ever used and a firm firm favourite.

XPan...

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Probably the best colour film I've ever used and a firm firm favourite.

XPan

Very nice shot!......where was it taken?

 

[jbf]

Not landscapes, but these are 400H with ZM 35/2 taken last year.

(a lot of grain in the shadows here - anyone know why?)

I dont know, but I love the grain in this image. The lighting and grain in this give it such a beauitful atmospheric feeling.

 

[jbf]

Probably the best colour film I've ever used and a firm firm favourite.

XPan...

Jesus, i want an xpan so badly. I'd love to do documentary panormics with a camera like this. I bet you could get some amazing compositions. I love the cinematic experience that panoramics give. Films like Ben Hur and Lawrence of Arabia...

 

[urban_alchemist]

Very nice shot!......where was it taken?

My bedroom in St. Tropez 😱

Jesus, i want an xpan so badly. I'd love to do documentary panormics with a camera like this. I bet you could get some amazing compositions. I love the cinematic experience that panoramics give. Films like Ben Hur and Lawrence of Arabia...

It's a bit of a change - you really have to look at things differently, and the composition takes a lot of practice. Unfortunately, I don't use it as a 'go-to' everyday camera, otherwise I'd probably be far more used to it, but whenever it comes out with me, the results are spectacular...

As to the film itself: I've just decided on and bought the film for a trip I'm taking next week to South America. 80% of it is 400H, with a few rolls of Portra 800 and Reala thrown in for the extremes. That's how much I like it... 🙂

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

grain in the shadows is a classic symptom of underexposed color neg film.

The bright window in the center of the photo "tricked" the light meter into underexposing the interior. Next time bias the exposure a little more towards the interior. Tricky metering like this is why I never use AE.

The film is lovely. Makes me want to shoot color film again.

Thanks, I though underexposure might be the culprit. Live and learn.

 

[srtiwari]

My bedroom in St. Tropez 😱

I really hate you.
Subhash

 

[FA Limited]

Probably the best colour film I've ever used and a firm firm favourite.

XPan...

arg... just when i got over my xpan crush. a NIB one sold on ebay for $1777, i watched it till the very end. that's a fantastic photo, i've seen it before, probably on your flickr?

I really hate you.
Subhash

count me in too 😛

 

[urban_alchemist]

arg... just when i got over my xpan crush. a NIB one sold on ebay for $1777, i watched it till the very end.

I'd keep an eye open for an XPan II - just because the shutter-speed comes up in the display, and with the slow lenses, you can sometimes be caught off guard with a very long exposure...

that's a fantastic photo, i've seen it before, probably on your flickr?

It's there... buried somewhere in the crap 🙄

count me in too 😛

Geeeez... making so many new enemies today... 😀