Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

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Additionally, what you’ll notice when you give Kodak Ektar a lot of daylight balanced flash is that sometimes the tones tend to get lighter. But that’s just standard overall. With Kodak Portra, these tones would be even lighter. If you grew up between the 1980s and early 2000s, chances are you’ve either shot or had your picture taken with Kodak Gold 200. This mid-speed film has been a favorite of consumers and adventurous professionals alike, mostly for its tendency to punch above its weight when it comes to image quality. Wanting to learn more about this, I dedicated yet another roll of Ektar 100 to a portrait project I had in mind. They did not turn out well. Although that’s not necessarily fair. In a sense they turned out fine. The compositions are really nice. I shot what I intended to shoot. But my subjects’ skin was shown either super red, yellow, or orange depending on the reflections of the surrounding landscapes. The results left me torn. I’d been obsessed with Ektar. But, how am I supposed to capture memories of my family and friends if their skin always looks like they’ve just finished applying their fourth layer of clown makeup? It’s also, in Kodak’s words again, ideal for scanning and has extraordinary enlargement capability from a 35mm negative. Though it is arguably Kodak’s best emulsion in about twenty years, I would not recommend Ektar for every situation. Ektar shines in bright daylight and in colorful scenes, but will need some extra post-processing work when dealing with overcast and low-light scenes. It’s also a challenging emulsion to use for portraiture and general people pictures as the emulsion tends to emphasize reds, which in certain situations can make people look Oompa Loompa-ish.

If you’re a street photographer or a photojournalist documenting a very colorful scene then this is surely a film that you may want to consider–especially as Kodak recommends it for being the replacement for Kodachrome. It should also be noted the clouds are still visible in the sky too, with the dynamic range being enough to not lose detail or blow them out.

If you are confident in your scanner software and your post-production skills, this film should give you no trouble. First off Portra 160 would be good for landscape photography, perhaps not as good as Ektar but it’s tones are more muted and editable than Ektars. I would shoot it for portraits, editorial, street photography (providing the correct lighting conditions), documentary photography, landscape and the list kind of goes on. Ektar” was used to label film on two separate occasions. First, it was a line of “ semi-pro ” C-41 emulsions sold in a variety of speeds — from ISO 25 to 1,000. But it was discontinued in 1997 for poor commercial performance. You can (and should) shoot whatever type of photos you like, but if you’re interested in landscape photography, Kodak Ektar might be a particularly good option for you.

A new film was introduced in September 2008 under the name Kodak EKTAR 100, which claims to be the finest-grain color negative film with high saturation and vivid colors available on the market. The film was initially only offered in 35mm, but later the film offering was expanded to include 120 size film, then 4x5 and 8x10 sheet sizes in 2010. [1] [5]

Compared to other films

The Ektar name is something of a Kodak legend. If you’re an etymology nerd like I can sometimes be, Ektar is an acronym for Eastman Kodak Tessar. I’ve been shooting Ektar on and off for the past five years while living in Thailand and Canada with a few different cameras. I’ve had a set of photos damaged during development, and my understanding of the scanning process challenged more than once. So take note: this film will perform its best under certain conditions — but not always .

Color reversal film, also known as slide film, is different from color negative film in that it makes a positive image on a transparent base. These are used with slide projectors to project a brilliant image onto a screen, or in more modern times, can be scanned for digital use like any other film image. Their narrow exposure latitude and lower sensitivity make them best suited to controlled environments and professional use, but their incredible color reproduction and vibrancy can’t be beat by any other film type. Now this session was done with the Mamiya RB67 Pro s and the film is expired 10 years. A flash is in a modifier camera right. Considering this, the film has held its own very well. In the shots above, I can’t really see any difference in exposure latitude, all I see is the difference between a magenta and yellow hue. By doing this, I was able to make sure the shadows were properly exposed while being confident that Kodak Ektar 100 could handle the overexposed highlights in the sky. Portra 400’s versatility makes it the Kodak film that I’d recommend for every situation. Its wide exposure latitude makes it suitable for the brightest daylight scenes and the darkest low-light scenes, as well as in super high contrast situation. The wide exposure latitude also provides a lot of room for over- and under-exposure, making it a particularly good film for cameras with slow shutter speeds or slow lenses.I’m not going to spell out everything you can’t do with Ektar though, when I can instead tell you what you can. Shooting colourful scenes lit up in great light seems the obvious place to start. Obviously, skin tones cover a broad spectrum. When it comes to Ektar 100 shooting people with light skin tones is a no no, generally, it’ll send those tones quite red. Ektar 100 is designed to be very suitable for digitizing using a film scanner. [6] Example images [ edit ]