My new favorite film

[squirrel$$$bandit]

It's Fuji Pro800Z. Wow--I love it. It's like Tri-X in color. Beautiful grain, and the scanner loves the thin base. I have never gotten scans of color film so close to perfect without adjustment. Most of these, I just tweaked exposure and nudged up the blacks a bit.

Canon 7, Canon 50/1.2, Pro800Z in C41 press kit.

 

[Trius]

Oh man, those are great.

 

[35mmdelux]

a bit on the blue side; otherwise, I love the color!

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Thanks! The first and last are taken in the semi-abandoned village of Lisle, New York. The tree is in my yard, and the fridge was on the way.

 

[Keith]

I'd be interested to see how it performs in low light ... as in night! I have a five pack of this in the cupboard that I have yet to try but might have to soon.

It seems pretty restrained colour wise for Fuji which I sometimes find a bit oversaturated in it's look ... easily fixed when you scan admittedly!

 

[photogdave]

It's REALLY great in 120. Stick a roll of that in a Fuji GA645 and you can shoot in just about any condition!

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Are there other high-ISO C41 color films out there?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Are there other high-ISO C41 color films out there?

Does Kodak still make Portra 800? I used to like it a lot, but haven't shot it in many years.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Yes, it looks as though they do. B&H also carries a Lomography ISO800 color film.

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

While you may enjoy the color you're getting, I'm not certain I agree with your assessment of little correction being needed. These appear to all have a very blue/green color cast that needs to be corrected at the scanning stage. What scanning software did you use?

 

[emraphoto]

i wonder if this is the modern version of fuji press 800? i shot that stuff for ages and was totally enamored with it!
the tone (blue) might be prominent due to slight underexposure?

 

[Muggins]

I'm fairly certain there's an 800 in the Reala range - I tried a roll last autumn, one pic here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3044141906_c8de6a23b1.jpg, but I don't recall exactly what it was called.

I too have found that colours can oversaturate a bit with Fuji - I've some shots of poppies which are slap-in-the-face bright, really OTT red.

Incidentally, if Flickr guidelines wnat you to use their suggested method for linking to photos in a Flickr account, how come it never works?

Adrian

 

[Michael I.]

wait till you see it in med format

 

[bmattock]

a bit on the blue side; otherwise, I love the color!

I agree (but I'm color-blind, so feel free to ignore). Reminds me of Agfa Vista 200, a tiny bit more grainy. Not bad, though!

 

[steveohan]

pro 800Z is one of my favourite colour negative films. i usually shoot slides but when i want a fast colour negative for night, 800Z does it for me. too bad i cant find it in s.korea.
some shots from my rolleiflex 2.8GX:

 

[cysasam]

It does appear bluish. Anyone got a 100%? Just want to take a look at the grain structure.

 

[Keith]

I noticed when I shot some 120 Reala in my Iskra recently I had a few scanning problems ... kept getting colour casts in the occasional image but not all. I'd used a roll of Portra peviously and had no such problems!

Maybe there's a base tint in the Fuji that confuses the scanner now and then?

 

[Bingley]

Beautiful shots and lovely colors! I like the blues and reds. The colors on this film remind me of Agfachrome 50. Back in the day that was my favorite color film; now alas it's long gone. The faster speed of the Fuji is a real plus.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I'm using Vuescan and like the colors pretty well as they are. I generally color-correct in Lightroom. Auto WB would probably satisfy you, faintandfuzzy--Lightroom does a good job most of the time.

Lemme turn on my photo computer, I'll get a couple of crops up.

 

[nightfly]

I love Tri-X but these look pretty dull and grainy to me with a very greenish cast. Could be the scanner or post processing but I think I'd pass on this film based on those photos. Those kinda results are why I shoot mainly slide film when I shoot color. You can always tone it down a bit but it's difficult to fix dullness and graininess.

However the night shots posted by Steveohan look great.