Experience with 1600 color film?

[Alec]

Hi Ronnie.

+1 for the tripod (you know, they make steady lightweight ones nowadays, nothing like the DDR-made birch wood monster that never leaves my house)

Assuming a tripod is not feasible,
> if you can remain comfortable within 640ASA, take Fuji 800, which is cheaper and amazingly good (afaik, any commercial name is the same film, even in single-use cams); it is my standard indoors film
> if you really need the extra push, take Fuji 1600 but don't even come close to under-expose it or you'll get greenish shadows

I understand all this stuff goes into the standard C41 process, just as Kodacolor Gold and Konica Centurion and YouNameItColor. Pushing C41 is not common; don't experiment too much. And don't rely on Frontier scans, all my experiences with fast films have been crappy.

Keep us posted!

 

[hoot]

Thank you very much, everyone, for some extremely helpful responses!

Someone mentioned digital for color - I wish! The only way I see myself going down that road is when they build a digicam as versatile, and as affordable, as my beloved Zorki-1. 😀

I see some people are saying the exact opposite of each other. Since I can't afford shooting test rolls at the moment, I will go with whatever is the cheapest option available to me at the moment. My employer expects the results to be digital and will not pay extra for film-related expenses.

The lovely Manfrotto tripod I use for medium format is too heavy to carry around downtown all day, and probably too bulky to take into the cafés. However, a little tabletop tripod and slower film might be a good idea.

Alec, I'll keep you posted verbally, because they're not letting me publish the pix before the book is out. 😀

 

[Alec]

Alec, I'll keep you posted verbally, because they're not letting me publish the pix before the book is out. 😀

I believe they may, as long as they foot the bill!

Repeat: you can't go wrong with Fuji Superia [or whatever] 800, for prints up to 20x30cm (I never tried bigger, maybe I should!).

 

[Vagabond]

Fuji 1600 @ 1600. Shot with SLR 85mm f1.7 @ 1/60.

The prints are better than this scan. I was very pleased with the results.