Grainy C41 film?

[markrich]

What is the best C41 film, monochrome and colour, that provides a nice grainy finish?

 

[edge100]

What is the best C41 film, monochrome and colour, that provides a nice grainy finish?

Push Portra 400 or XP2 by 3 stops. Grain city.

 

[Lauffray]

How much contrast do you gain pushing Portra this way ?

 

[Fotohuis]

Fomapan 400 E.I.800 in Rodinal 1+25 at 24C and continuous agitation.

 

[edge100]

Fomapan 400 E.I.800 in Rodinal 1+25 at 24C and continuous agitation.

"C41"?????

 

[edge100]

How much contrast do you gain pushing Portra this way ?

At +2 stops, Portra holds up very nicely with only a slight build up in contrast and grain. Medium format, in particular, looks very nice at EI 1600, while 35mm is reaching its useful limit.

+3 stops is, IMHO, a bridge too far for 35mm; just too much grain and contrast to yield a decent print. Medium format is still ok in terms of grain, but of course the shadows do start to block up because you've really gotten everything you can from them.

 

[NeeZee]

the fast fuji superias (800 and even more so 1600) have some nice grain.

 

[Lauffray]

At +2 stops, Portra holds up very nicely with only a slight build up in contrast and grain. Medium format, in particular, looks very nice at EI 1600, while 35mm is reaching its useful limit.

that's pretty interesting. Do you develop colour yourself ? I couldn't imagine how much more would push processing cost at a lab

 

[edge100]

that's pretty interesting. Do you develop colour yourself ? I couldn't imagine how much more would push processing cost at a lab

Yes; I develop C41 and E6 colour myself.

 

[thegman]

Kodak Gold?

 

[B-9]

Thoroughly expired Kodak Gold gives some nice grain, along with the older expired Fuji X-tra Superia films. Pushing will exaggerate the grain for sure, and if your really looking for a bit of "gnarl" leave it on the radiator for a few days.

 

[kingqueenknave]

Kodak Ektapress PJ800, it's truly, disgustingly grainy.

 

[Fotohuis]

For C41: Superia 1600. Any C41 film pushed will cause less brilliant colors and a lack of details in the shadow.
Even when doing your own C41 development (add 1/2 minute to the regular 3:15 minutes development time), most C41 films are limited till a push +1 for reasonable quality.

 

[thegman]

Cross processed slide film tends to be as grainy as hell, if you're not happy with the contrast (which will be very high), you could alter that in post processing if you wanted.

The below is, if I recall correctly, Agfa Precisa slide film, cross processed, and otherwise unchanged.

 

[defconfunk]

+1 for Fuji Superia 1600.
They no longer make it, but they do still make the 800. I have a few rolls of the 800 in my fridge, but haven't shot it yet.

 

[B-9]

Tmax P3200 in Dektol is what ide consider attractive grain.
Cross processed slides, love those colors G man.

 

[Athiril]

Superia 800 @ 12800 with pre-flash and 6 minutes in C-41

 

[k__43]

portra 800



fuji superia 800 or 1600 (natura) should be grainy enough.
you can also just underexpose but you loose a lot of information.

underexposed portra160 in 120 format

 

[nomadia]

Kodak BW400CN in xtol

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