What film is this?

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I've been playing around with a different scanning technique, and I'm curious is the results retain the particular film's signature.
I'm posting this as a bit of an experiment to gauge if I'm on the right track.
If you've seen this image elsewhere and already know film it is, please don't post it :)

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Since there is no "correct" look for any negative film (beyond what the manufacturer recommends), how, exactly are we supposed to judge?

FWIW, this looks nice. If you're happy with it (and are using a workflow that can reproduce these colours and contrast on a frame-to-frame basis, given an equivalent exposure), isn't that what counts?
 
edge100 said:
Since there is no "correct" look for any negative film (beyond what the manufacturer recommends), how, exactly are we supposed to judge?

FWIW, this looks nice. If you're happy with it (and are using a workflow that can reproduce these colours and contrast on a frame-to-frame basis, given an equivalent exposure), isn't that what counts?
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I very much agree with you.
I mainly curious if this image makes one think of any particular film.
 
To me it could be anything. I process and PP it at home. After it even cross-processed slide looks like negative :)
But if it is good lab, this image could come from Kodak Gold.
 
xayraa33 said:
So are we suppose to guess what film it is from the computer screen?

That is a bit of a tall order.
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This is a "just for fun" kinda experiment. It's not serious.
I'm mostly curious if my scanning method retains the film's character.
 
Swift1 said:
This is a "just for fun" kinda experiment. It's not serious.
I'm mostly curious if my scanning method retains the film's character.
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We would have to know what film it was and we have to be familiar with it our selves, plus we are not familiar with the type of development process used either by you or the photo lab that you use.

And this does not include us knowing the idiosyncrasies of the scanner that you use.

There are too many variables here, but you know what, just like the proverbial pudding, the test is in the tasting and the image looks good to my eyes via my computer screen and it most probably looks good to other viewers.
 
my guess is Superia 200 or Gold 200 but like what has been said, it's hard to distinguish and achieve the film signature when home scanned.
 
I dunno. Looks like some prints from slides I had made in 1973, which were Agfachrome 50 originals printed through whomever the photofinisher we were contracted to at the camera department where I was working at the time.

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Thanks to everyone who guessed.
With all the Superia guesses, maybe I need a different strategy :D

The film was 35mm Kodak Portra 400, taken using a Contax G2, and scanned using my Epson V500.
I shot this using autu exposure, without EV compensation, and since it was quite bright out, I'm guessing the negative was probably underexposed by 1/2 stop.
 
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