What Color print 400 film do you use?

[DavidH]

Fuji Pro400 is my main film in both 35mm and 120. It processes easily at home in my Jobo and scans superbly well. As do its cousins 800Z and 160S...

I tried the Kodak UC film on a shoot last year but it gave me too much contrast and didnt scan as well as the Fuji. But others have had different results so I guess there's no hard and fast answer.

 

[clintock]

I find the subjective qualities of the film is often swamped by the minilab.
The best portra film will look like crud if the lab is not adjusting for it right.
Here's the source of my bias against max film, I should buy some and try it again, but it's so much easier to sit here and read what others say I should think..
mmm chair so soft.. getting sleepy..
http://www.tedsimages.com/text/comment5.htm

 

[rogue_designer]

My preference is 400UC, overexposed about a 1/2 stop.

But for the most part, I don't use 400 color.

 

[Doug]

ISO 400 is such a useful film speed, I think, very versatile. That translates to EI 250 for me with C41 films, so Sunny 16 says 1/250 shutter at f/16 in bright daylight (but my calibrated incident meters tell me 1/2 stop more than that). That still gives me a few choices even with a 1/500 leaf shutter, and on the dark side it's adequate for office interiors if the lens is at least f/2.8. Quite a range. And there are some excellent color films in this speed category, plus all the chromogenic B&W films too. And on the silver side, Ilford FP-4 at EI 250 in Diafine gives nice results. So I think EI 250 is a comfortable place to be.

 

[kshapero]

What brand is Walgreen's? Actually does a pretty decent job. I bought a whole bunch of it for $5 for 4 rolls.

 

[NickTrop]

What brand is Walgreen's? Actually does a pretty decent job. I bought a whole bunch of it for $5 for 4 rolls.

Used to be Agfa but now I'm pretty sure it's Fuji. Both good. Agfa was a little grainy but I like its neutral colors.