Electro 35 G photos with Kodak Gold

Try a few other kinds of films in the electro before giving up I think you got some great results...tunnelllissa.jpg in your simple viewer gallery is great and a scene that beggs for color.
 
I heard Fuji superia 400 works wel in the 35 G and is easily available. I used it in my canonet, but then again I like saturated color. YMMV
 
ive shot some stuff with fuji superia 400 and got nice results as long as you you remember that this is a low contrast lens. Try underexposing 1/3 or 1/2 a stop if you want more contrast and more color saturation.

ps. I know ill get beaten for this one, but ive never liked the results ive got from any kodak film ive used
 
I know some folks deliberately over expose colour neg stock to increase colour saturation.

The whole film choice thing is so subjective. With colour neg, so much depends on the printer. I know a few places that produce wonderful results on NPS and NPH. Most of the time both look too cold and too magenta for me. Folks of a slightly florid complexion can look like a smacked bottom (I made this mistake with a bride once and a roll of NPZ!) Top colour printers I have spoken to acknowledge these colour issues and simply filter them out. This is unlikely to be done by the spotty youth sat at the mini-lab in your local high street or supermarket processing place.

Try a few different films and if you are unhapy with the results, get the lab to have another go at them.
 
Tunnelisa is a great shot!

Tunnelisa is a great shot!

I agree that Tunnelisa is a keeper and also I swear by Superia, it is a wonderful color film. Much cheaper than Reala which is probably the best.:)
 
With the varying condition of the E35s, I imagine some have lenses with more or less yellow tint to them.

In the 6 cameras I have, they all vary slightly in yellow to almost clear. This has to affect color photos I would think?
 
IMHO, the 3 thumbnails you posted look to me to be shot in 3 different lighting conditions. You are asking a daylight balanced film to render good colors in sunlight, open shade, and interior "man made" lighting. If you have a non-pro lab develop and print your film I doubt very highly that they did any color correction for the shots that are under non daylight conditons.

I don't think the film or the camera can be blamed.

Wayne
 
I agree with Scott. The film and your camera are good but the development could be more precise than that. But what's the problem? The pictures are not bad, my only problem just the green colour in the eye of the pretty girl, that part of the eye normally has to be white, am I right? So, as Wayne mentioned the solution could be to use different films for different lighting situations or find a professional lab with colour compensation.
 
I never had problems with colour rendition in my YE35. Lens isn´t contrasted as others I have (collapsible CZ Jena Tessar 2.8) but in no way I dare to say "flat".
IMHO, the light situations of the sample pictures are quite different. It makes the film ( not the lens ) to react in accordance to the dominant colour, then changing colours in the final print be it either Kodak or Fuji.
I guess changing film and lab ( mostly this last) would make the difference.

Ernesto
 
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