What's your favorite C-41 Color Negative Film?

[Fuchs]

Portra 400 in 120

 

[raid]

Fujicolor Reala 100. Perfection in a film.

 

[zenza]

Kodak Portra 400VC. Kodak really dropped the ball with the current Portra 400.

 

[Ronald M]

Ektar 25 from 1970`s or 80`s, but long gone. NATURAL COLOR, very sharp, almost grain free. no excessive contrast. Rival for medium format.

Ektar 100 is not a substitute.

Moved to Vericolor 3 and then Portra 160.

Now use almost 100% digital and a bit of monochrome.
Cause was over the years color chems and papers became
harder and harder to obtain. Sending out meant losing control over the process.

Film has become very expensive, so I go with the flow.

 

[David Murphy]

I use Fujicolor 200 35mm a lot these days. It's about the most economical color film around and it delivers very good results. Not quite E6 quality, but good.

 

[Mackinaw]

Ektar 100 followed by the Portra's.

Jim B.

 

[newst]

All right, I'll buck the trend.

Kodak and Fuji are the obvious top choices in the group, and I have taken very pleasing images with both brands. Still, for my money, the most satisfying film for me is Lomocolor 800. This is why:

2020-01-14 Canon P LOMO800 Elmar 35-35 000371740006 by newst54, on Flickr
2020-01-14 Canon P LOMO800 Elmar 35-35 000371740016 by newst54, on Flickr
2020-01-14 Canon P LOMO800 Elmar 35-35 000371740023 by newst54, on Flickr
2020-01-14 Canon P LOMO800 Elmar 35-35 000371740005 by newst54, on Flickr

 

[Richard G]

I love Ektar's colour and fine grain. This is 120.


Hasselblad 500CM 150mm Sonnar f4 Kodak Ektar 100 by Richard, on Flickr



But I found Fuji Superia 200 and 400 the most forgiving - not just overexposure but also underexposure:

This building in Christchurch is now gone, but I opened up two stops to get some detail at the back, and still the detail in the overhead light is there. Haven't tried any selective editing of that. Colours are nice too.


Le Petit Croix by Richard, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

One cheap film I used to buy in Vietnam was Infiniti Uxi which was sold at 100 and 200 ISO. In the meantime, most film stores have gone bust and I haven't seen this film for many years now. Does anyone know whether it is still being produced, and if so, where to get it? Cheers, OtL

 

[xavyr]

One cheap film I used to buy in Vietnam was Infiniti Uxi which was sold at 100 and 200 ISO. In the meantime, most film stores have gone bust and I haven't seen this film for many years now. Does anyone know whether it is still being produced, and if so, where to get it? Cheers, OtL

Do they spell it "Efiniti"? Is it produced bu "Uxi"?

They may have a Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Camera-Photo/Uxi-Film-1923707674507666/
or
https://www.facebook.com/FilmPhotoo...00exped-092014price-290-roll/753116378056023/

hope this helps

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thanks for the links xavyr, and you are right: it's 'efiniti' and not 'infiniti'. This said, I had a peek at the Facebook pages and saw that most of the posts went back a few years. I'll ask around in Ho Chi Minh City and take it from there. Cheers, OtL

 

[Moto-Uno]

Not only are these my favourite 35 mm c-41 films , but I got them in downtown Hanoi for less than half of what we pay for them in Vancouver . The price is in Vietnamese dong .
Peter

 

[rumbliegeos]

My favorite color print combination was Fuji Reala printed by a now-gone local lab on a higher end Kodak paper. Plain old Kodak Gold 100 also looked good on that paper, but was not subtle, the colors really popped.

 

[Bill Clark]

I see Ilford is listed with your survey. Does Ilford make C-41 color film? I use Ilford’s XP2 Plus but it’s a C-41 black and white film. I’m developing several rolls now. For me, color capture is 100% digital.