color film and available light

[mexipike]

Hi all, I´m usually a black and white shooter and almost exclusively use available light, and enjoy the comfortability of pushing black and white film.
However, I´ve just been on a trip and shot a lot of velvia 50 slide film and I loved it. I´ve kind of caught a new color bug. Obviously with such a slow film any pictures i took in low light had to have flash, some of which I liked, but I´m interested to know of any good high speed color films, good for available light. Are any good for pushing? I´d prefer a good slide film but am open to print options. I´ve tried portra 800 but I always rate at 640 and the photos are great. I don´t have a system for developing these, although should be able to develop slides fairly soon, so i need something that pushes well at the store. Thanks

 

[venchka]

Search the Film section for Fuji 800 color negative film. I recall some great examples of how this film handles mixed lighting very well. You can't push it, but the results I saw were good.

Also search for pushing slide film.That topic has been covered as well.

 

[dmr]

I've had very good luck using the off-the-shelf Fuji 400, 800, and 1600 for low-light and available light situations. It seems to tolerate the color balance far more than the others.

In general, slide film can't take a joke as far as exposure or color balance, so I would not suggest that for available-light shooting.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

I've been trying a batch of Fuji ISO 1600 for urban at night.

The results are looking good.

But, being C41, you can't push process it. On the other hand there's a lot of exposure latitude too.

 

[mexipike]

sounds like the fuji 1600 might be the best bet, how´s the grain?

 

[dcsang]

Colour slide film - Provia 400 (or 100) which, if you find the lab, you can push it with decent results.

The attached is shot (this past weekend) at 400 with the CV 21mm, M7 at 1/90 and f4

Dave

 

[rogue_designer]

for c41 the Fuji Pro 800 is my favorite.

But if it's really dark, I've had sucess pushing Provia 400 up to 3200 with suprisingly good results.

 

[alexz]

I used to utilize Fuji Press 800 in my for concerts which is certanly available light shooting. Often pushed to 1600 (asking the lab for +1 stop processing) - a great results can be obtained as long as there is no noticeable underexposure.
Check my site for concert galleries - most done this way...

 

[like2fiddle]

I, too, have shot mostly B&W, but lately have explored with color. I've had really poor results with Fuji Superia 400 in low light (tungsten) situations. I've rated it at 400 and at 320 with no discernable difference. I've been advised to try Fuji press for this type of light, but in reading about the Press film, it is promoted for low-light fluorescent, no mention of tungsten.