POLL: What COLOR Films do you use?

POLL: What COLOR Films do you use?

  • Fuji Superia 100/200/400/1600

    Votes: 148 38.1%
  • Fuji Reala 100 (if you can find it)

    Votes: 84 21.6%
  • Fuji Press 800

    Votes: 17 4.4%
  • Fuji Pro (S,H,C) 160, 400

    Votes: 85 21.9%
  • Fuji ProColor 800z

    Votes: 35 9.0%
  • Kodak Ektar 100 Neg.

    Votes: 136 35.1%
  • Kodak Porta 160,400, 800

    Votes: 177 45.6%
  • Kodak Gold (100/200/400, max 800)

    Votes: 53 13.7%
  • Fuji Velvia SLIDE

    Votes: 104 26.8%
  • Fuji Provia SLIDE

    Votes: 85 21.9%
  • Kodak Elite Chrome

    Votes: 23 5.9%
  • KOdak Ektachrome

    Votes: 45 11.6%

  • Total voters
    388

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I use Fuji Superia 400 at the moment. But I am going to try Pro 160 and 400 also. No Kodak Color at the moment though.

There is a method to my poll madness :D
 
Astia is my favorite color film ever but for most use, if I'm shooting color, it's Ektar 100. Yeah, apples & oranges mentioning E6 and C41 in the same comparison, but it's what I shoot when not shooting digital.
 
Kodak Ektar 100, Fuji Pro 400H and Kodak Gold when I run out of the other stuff. (Good film is sold in very few places here in Monterrey, Mexico, and it's very expensive so I order it from B&H.)
 
I love the Portra line and Fuji 800z. For slides Kodak E100VS rules.

I've always wanted to try Astia out.
 
Usually I shoot cheap films (I'm not a Pro hence I don't need a Pro film) :Superia 100,200 and 400
I live in Italy and the Fuji Reala is widely available but I don't love it 'cause I am in trouble scanning it (Magenta cast)...
 
I'm just waiting for my first ektar roll to come back from the lab but i constantly use Fujifilm 400h rated at 200asa and any of the portra films work well. I think we are spoiled when it comes to color negative!
 
i prefere kodak gold 400, the colors work best for me, a good compromise between contrast and dr, and i also love the way red looks on it.
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Kodachrome was my slide of choice. Still some to burn, about 11 rolls now.

Generally though, I like Fuji Pro 400H and 160S. I've tried Portra and it's very nice but I prefer Fuji.

For general film use, I'm increasingly turning to Kodak Gold (100-400) which is nice and warm, good for the subjects I tend to do on these films which are portraits, quite a few of children and it suits the whole 'thing' :) Whatever the thing is.

For good punchy almost Kodachrome replacement I use Ektar (shame you can't project it...) which is just wonderful. I would use it more but it's not a slide film. Still, it's an incredible C41 film.

Slide use, well I tend to go for Elite Chrome Extra Colour, but I also use Velvia 50, but quite sparingly as it is very contrasty and whilst I like what it can do, I prefer something a little more balanced. Of course, a 6x6 Velvia transparency exposed well is lovely.

I'm tending to shoot 160S/400H more in 120 as prices for 35mm 400H/160S are quite high, about £4 a roll (incl postage) -- but I do love shooting it in my M2.

Sometimes I find myself thinking "You know, it's time you took a look at that GF1, or EOS 40D or whatever again." Then I look at prints from 160S and 400H and think, naaaaaaaah!

Vicky
 
Pretty much everything I can get my hands on except for the really cheap consumer films (although Superia 400 IS a fav. of mine).
 
I guess I'm the only one here that likes Ferinna Solaris. I shoot all kinds of color films. I still have boxes of the Kodak UC & HD color films. One film I really loved was the Kodak HD 200. I'm also in love with Portra 160NC. Kodak sent me 10 rolls of it free in the last film give a way! The only Kodak film I didn't like was the Max 800. Too grainy for me but I saw someone who shot it @ 400 & it looked superb so I think my remaining 800 speed film will be shot at that speed. Currently I'm using Ektar 100 & have 1 roll of Kodachrome 64 to shoot sometime before December.
 
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