Color Negative Film

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Hi all,

Any idea for nice quality color negative film? What for night shooting? I'd like to try more different types. See which ones suit me more. Thanks!

Max
 
I've had pretty good luck with Fuji CZ-800 Press. I shot the attached photo with my trusty Olympus XA. I set the aperture at f/5.6, pre-focused, used the self timer and set the camera on a bench. I'm pleased with the results.
 
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modsoul said:
Hi all,

Any idea for nice quality color negative film? What for night shooting? I'd like to try more different types. See which ones suit me more. Thanks!

Max
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I've found the Fuji "Press" 400 & 800, to be very good. It's the same emulsion as the Superias, just the longer 36 exposure rolls. I always overexpose them by 1/3 a stop (400 @ 320 & 800 @ 650) The attached photo was shot on Fuji "Press" 800, exposed @ 650. Stay away from the Kodak HD films! However, their 400UC is very good.

Russ
 
Max, what kind of night shooting are you plannng? If you are taking night land/cityscape photos, with a tripod you can use ISO100 film and you'll be happier with the richer colours and fine grain. I can't recommend any colour negative myself since I always use E6 films for colour shots.

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Fuji Reala is a very nice ISO100 film. I can't get a decent scan of Reala with Minolta SD IV though.

Fuji NPZ 800 has punchy colours for ISO800 film but it is very grainy and from my experience, it is best rated at ISO500. But then, I'm just a newbie so my metering may be off and the shots were ruined because of that.
 
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Try some of the faster Fuji films ... Press and Superia in 800 and 1600. Also what I'd rate as the best 800 speed film I've seen to date is Fuji NPZ 800, very nice stuff. As mentioned above overexpose Fuji print films by 1/3 or 1/2 a stop for rich blacks and little visible grain.
 
Hi Kris,
I can't use ISO100 coz I usually do night street-shooting. And I don't like tripod coz I enjoy more free shooting.

Anyway, thanks for all your recommandation!

max
 
Both the Fuji NPH (400) and the NPZ (800) are excellent films. They are lower contrast wedding-portrait films. The "Press 400 & 800, have a bit more color. On all of the Fuji color negative films, I overepose by 1/3 a stop, and get great results, with very little grain.

Russ
 
Russ said:
The "Press 400 & 800, have a bit more color. On all of the Fuji color negative films, I overepose by 1/3 a stop, and get great results, with very little grain.
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Are you having them processed normally (at their rated IE) or pulled?

Thanks.
 
Marc Jutras said:
Are you having them processed normally (at their rated IE) or pulled?

Thanks.
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Marc

I burn 400 speed neg film @ 320, and 800 speed neg film @ 650. Thereby giving them a 1/3 stop over-exposure. Color and B/W negative films have much more latitude on the over-exposure side. It insures better shadow detail and finer grain. Have the film souped normally. Tell the lab nothing about how you over-exposed it by 1/3 a stop. The attached image was shot on Fuji NPH, burned @ 320 with a mild diffusion filter and the Vivitar 285 popper. The phenomenal Kiron 105 macro wonderlens.

Russ
 
I too like Fuji NPZ 800, and expose it at EI 500, though mostly in 6x4.5 cm film format. However here's a 35mm shot with NPZ (Leica M2, testing "new" Voigtlander 50/2.5)
 
And here is a full-size crop from near the upper-right corner. This is from a lab-supplied scan (3000x2000) with Levels adjustment and a little color tweak only.
 
I've been following this thread with interest. I usually use Fuji Superia Xtra 800, exposed at around 600. I like it because it's cheap, I can buy it at the local discount grocery without having to make a trip into the city to a major camera store, and I've been getting good results with it. It also gives me relatively good speed for low-light shots.

Russ, why don't you like Kodak HD? I'd read recently that it is the new name for Royal Gold, which many photogs seem to like a lot. I've just picked up a couple rolls of HD400 to try out.

I also have some Superia 100 to test. Never used it before either but thought that it should be fairly small-grained at that speed.

Gene
 
Well, for what it is worth I shoot Kodak Portra 400 UC for a lot of my people shots. Here is an existing light shot in a small church.

Wayne
 
Nice shot of the bride, Wayne... sharp! And an interesting mix of warm/cool light.

It's just amazing how good color neg films are these days. ISO 400 and 800, yet sharper, more colorful, and less grainy than ASA 64 films of the 60's... Kodacolor-X was pretty impressive, twice the speed of the previous Kodacolor.

And I recall the wow factor of High Speed Ektachrome at ASA 160, and it was dull lifeless stuff too, acceptable only because of the high speed!
 
Oh, hey, are we doing wedding shots? I've got one too! :) I was trying to stay out of the way of the officical photog, at this wedding of the daughter of a friend of my wife's... outdoors in 98 degree weather, whew! Fuji NPZ800, Bronica RF645
 
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Oh, hey, are we doing wedding shots? I've got one too! :) I was trying to stay out of the way of the officical photog, at this wedding of the daughter of a friend of my wife's... outdoors in 98 degree weather, whew! Fuji NPZ800, Bronica RF645
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One wedding snap deserves another. Fuji NPH @320 with diffusion filter.

Russ
 
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