Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

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I used to push process Fuji Press 400 all the time when I worked for newspapers in Connecticut — it helped to do our own C-41 developing. It increases grain, but that was never really an issue, especially if the extra stop or two made up for slow shutter speeds. One of these films is more popular than the other, as Portra is known as the workhouse of the brand and capable of anything. It’s so robust it will capture in most genres and Kodak has a range of ISO’s to help you out ( 160, 400 and 800) and a reputation for being able to push this a number of stops.

Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

Priced low like a Gold or a Colorplus makes it even more accessible, and makes the debate over whether it’s a true professional Kodak film like Portra and Ektar pretty redundant, in my opinion. Because it doesn’t matter. Sorry to read that Shawn. 🙁 I’ve had shots and rolls turn out not as I’d hoped and I know it is very frustrating. I can’t really diagnose what went wrong with yours from here. I could suggest… maybe some metering issue when shooting, something gone wrong with developing, some badly stored rolls, or (less likely I think and something I’m hesitant to even bring up) some quality control issue with the film?The first of those makes a lot of sense considering the markets this film was first sold in, while the second is interesting for only mentioning underexposure and the fact we had some shots earlier that seemed to have been affected by a little overexposure. Recommended uses of Ektar 100, in Kodak’s words and not mine, are nature, travel, outdoor, fashion, and product photography. Note that this list doesn’t include portraits. But if you do want those colours, sharpness, and world’s finest grain for everything else, and do your thing somewhere with ISO 100 friendly light levels, Ektar is more than worth a shot. ISO 400 film does seem very popular for this kind of thing, and often in monochrome too, but don’t let that put you off. As the shots below show – as do the ones taken with this Fujicolor film or even Kodak Ektachrome slide film – street photography with an ISO 100 film is nothing to be apprehensive of.

Kodak Ektar 100 - Film Profile - Casual Photophile Kodak Ektar 100 - Film Profile - Casual Photophile

On some scans, you may also notice the highlights drifting towards the yellows . Though many Kodak films often show warmer colours overall, Ektar could make your images appear unnatural in those areas, prompting more colour correction. The important thing to know about Print Grain Index is that if it’s 25 or below, there’s no grain to see — the image would appear perfectly smooth. Whereas a 90 will look grainy to most people. The downside is that if you underexpose the image, the colors can turn muddy and if you overexpose the image, the colors give off a more pastel and washed out vibe. Muddy colors are difficult to work with, however, if you’re going for a pastel/washed-out look, you can work with overexposing Kodak Ektar 100. I consider Ektar my “going on an adventure” film because of the bright colors and playful style it lends to my photos.This Kodak Ektar 100 film simulation recipe is intended for and only compatible with (as of this writing) the Fujifilm X100V, X-Pro3 and X-T4. It uses Clarity, which slows down the camera considerably. I just allow the pause to slow myself down. Another option, which is what Fujifilm recommends, is to add Clarity later by reprocessing the RAW file in-camera or with X RAW Studio.