Post your Ektar 100 Pics!

[Stradibarrius]

For those of you that shoot slide film, how close does Ektar come to say Velvia?

 

[gandalfk7]

Minolta HiMatic 7s:

 

[Mudman]

 

[hans voralberg]

For those of you that shoot slide film, how close does Ektar come to say Velvia?

Quite different, Velvia has higher contrast, and has a more velvet/blue tint than Ektar. Well in my experience anyway, other may differ.

 

[Lilserenity]

Ektar in my experience is actually more versatile than Velvia. I find Velvia (50) to be superb but it has a nasty habit of just completely ham fisting the contrast into some muddy blur in normal light.

In many respects I would say I like Ektar more because it has more latitude (though expose it with the same care you give slides, this ain't Fuji Superia!), and in most lighting it doesn't 'muddy' the finer details that Velvia does get heavy handed with.

The only way to know is to use it, take it out in some good light, 2 hours after/before the sunrise/sunset and expose it as you would slide film and see what you get back.

In a lot of ways it has qualities I liken to Kodachrome actually; it's not Kodachrome but it ain't far off in many of its respects.

This to me is typical of Velvia:


See the hedges and density of the hues, it's a but clumsy sometimes and blunts things in a way I don't completely go a bundle on. In the right light, Velvia is second to none, but Ektar has shown me greater versatility with shots like:









Personally I can't get enough of the stuff, it thrives in great light but I just love its overall rendition for portraits too.

Compared to Velvia, I would use it most times over it plus as I tend to expose RVP/RVP50 at ISO 32 I gain an extra stop and 2/3rds using Ektar, all important for the handheld documentary landscapes I do.

As a side note, it's not too far off of 160VC though Ektar tends to punch some purple and deep blue hues into the colours 160VC would be more neutrally grey balanced on.

Try it out yourself, you may love it!

(ps: click any pics to see larger versions)

Vicky

 

[kknox]

 

[kknox]

 

[brainwood]

There are some lovely shots on this thread . I too have become a fan of the Ektar look

Leica IIIg Cv 35/1.7

Leica IIIg Cv21/4

Leica IIIg Cv 35/1.7

I really like its colour palette and sharpness
Chris

 

[Roger Hicks]

For those of you that shoot slide film, how close does Ektar come to say Velvia?

Wipes the floor with it in my book. Infinitely more versatile and nicer colours -- which you can control from super-saturated to pastel, via exposure. Took me a couple of rolls to realize just how badly it reacts to overexposure, and just how versatile it is.

Then again, I always thought Velvia wasn't half as good a film as its predecessor, Fuji RF/RFP.

Cheers,

R.

 

[charjohncarter]

Hawaii, last week, this stuff works even with overcast:

 

[loneranger]

All my pics taken with the Ektar 100 have a blue cast. I have tried 3 different cameras and many lenses. Occasionally I get a pic that has "normal" colors, but most are bluish. When I use Reala, everything seems fine. Any one else have this issue?

 

[Roger Hicks]

All my pics taken with the Ektar 100 have a blue cast. I have tried 3 different cameras and many lenses. Occasionally I get a pic that has "normal" colors, but most are bluish. When I use Reala, everything seems fine. Any one else have this issue?

Cut the exposure.

Cheers,

R.

 

[brainwood]

Wipes the floor with it in my book. Infinitely more versatile and nicer colours -- which you can control from super-saturated to pastel, via exposure. Took me a couple of rolls to realize just how badly it reacts to overexposure, and just how versatile it is.

Absolutely Roger.

I have used Velvia, Ektachrome of many types and Kodachrome but the Ektar experience is much more rewarding with its superb colours. An added bonus is C41 process so I can get my shots in a hour rather than waiting days for an E6 process.

Chris

 

[wlewisiii]

The more I use Ektar the more I love it.

William

 

[charjohncarter]

All my pics taken with the Ektar 100 have a blue cast. I have tried 3 different cameras and many lenses. Occasionally I get a pic that has "normal" colors, but most are bluish. When I use Reala, everything seems fine. Any one else have this issue?

I agree with Roger on this one. Here is a thread about color and Ektar 100. So, ?????????????????????????. But I'm sticking with Roger.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/kodak_ektar/discuss/72157622680685446/

Shot at EI 125:

 

[ornate_wrasse]

Another Ektar shot

Another Ektar shot

This one was take with my M6 and 35mm Summicron lens. I have been very pleased with this film. However, every time I show the images to a friend of mine, he always comments on the cyan cast.
This shot catches the fall colors in Oregon:

 

[tic]

Here is one shot with a Contax IIIa/Sonnar 50/1.5:

Praktica slr / Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 20/4:

 

[wgerrard]

...every time I show the images to a friend of mine, he always comments on the cyan cast.

See Roger's previous post(s) about properly exposing Ektar. (Don't overexpose.) Several earlier thread here also focus on Ektar.

 

[patois]

Top of a mountain, Voigtlander Bessa 50 heliar.

 

[Morca007]

My first roll of Ektar. Not sure how I feel about it as a film, perhaps a touch too saturated for me, but I like this frame.