Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

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Though saturated, Ektar’s colours are neither overbearing nor unnatural. The film’s palette is nuanced and is unlikely to be easily replicable by cranking up the “saturation” slider. For the more casual photographers who only shot colour negative films on their annual holidays and kept their prints in an album or shoe box under the bed never to be seen again, there was less rush or reason to adopt digital straight away. I would also recommend Kodak Ektar 100 for seasoned professionals who expect a certain level of quality for their photographs. It truly is a premium-level film for a medium-level price, and would be a perfect budget alternative to professional-grade film, since the quality really isn’t much sacrificed for the price. E-6 is different to the C-41 process that colour negative films use, although it’s something that can be done by any lab worth its salt. You can even buy a kit and do it yourself at home. The 70+ year era of Kodak slide film was over. And while I wasn’t paying attention at the time, I imagine most people thought it was over forever.

EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. As with all Kodak films, Ektar 100 has a warm tone that leans more towards oranges and yellows. Bright colors in strong light will really pop in images taken on Ektar. And if you find that your scanning tends to leave certain films with a hint of blue, expect more of that with Ektar. In this film review, I’ll share my findings, including tips for getting the best results. But first, the basics: a brief history and technical characteristics of Kodak Ektar 100. A brief history of Kodak’s Ektar brand.Ektar 100 with Minolta TC-1. Plenty of light in this shot; I had no trouble scanning it and there are no colour corrections applied to this image. When to shoot Kodak Ektar.

Although I don’t do much of it myself, I can see how Ektar would work as a cheaper alternative to slide film for landscape photography.In a word, there’s just a lot more depth than I’ve gotten before from even the best colour negative films I’ve shot like Portra 400 or Ektar 100. That’s a small price to pay though and completely immaterial if you’re shooting still life, architecture, or landscape. As mentioned above, the grain is one of the biggest selling points of Kodak Ektar 100. And they aren’t lying about how fine it is. The rise of these new slide films, especially Fuji’s Velvia, combined with a general decline of slide film use throughout the 1980s and 1990s to see Kodachrome getting squeezed out. As far as Kodak offerings went, Ektachrome was the new reversal king.

You’ve seen already the three best-exposed shots I got from this roll. The first one below is okay too, but then they’ll get progressively worse to show you how things can change when shooting slide film in just slightly different or sub-optimal light. I found that using the film in warm indoor lighting gave the film a really over-saturated look and considerable colour lean towards the green end of the spectrum. If you don’t think there’s enough light to fully expose your ISO 100 film, Ektar is better to be left at home. Or pushed in development. Uniquely beautiful results with amazingly true colours for a colour negative film, fine details & excellent skin tonesIf you were comparing Kodak Ektar 100 vs Portra 160, Portra is the winner by a mile for exposure latitude. You can overexpose by multiple stops and still get great looking negatives. Some people even purposefully overexpose Portra because they like the way it looks.