Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

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Indeed, this is a fine film for silky-smooth, detailed images to be printed big or cropped tightly. But this is all a bit fiddly and beside the point. If shot at box-speed in adequate light with a properly metered machine, Ektar will make consistently perfect shots with exceptional color. As a color-negative film it’s one of the closest contenders to the punchiness of old slide film. The benefit of Ektar over these being the natural circumvention of the inconvenient and costly processing that slide film requires. Take Ektar to your local lab and they’ll have your prints ready in no time, as it uses C-41 process chemicals (the standard stuff used in every lab these days).

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It was already modified somewhat from the 6th generation of Kodak Gold 100, and the Gold 200 we have today is the 7th generation of that, with the last update coming in 2007. This means although they share the same lineage, they have diverged even further since the inception of Pro Image. If you found that Kodak Pro Image 100 review useful, why not take a look at these to learn about even more great films: The downside is that it’s more expensive to have a professional lab develop and scan your photos in the long run. I just started with film recently and I had some good results and some bad results with this film. I really want to know what went wrong on the bad rolls/shots. I shot 10 rolls of it on vacation and ended up with maybe 2 rolls worth of good photos and the rest came out badly. This despite using the same pro-level camera for all the shots. Most of the bad shots look a bit underexposed but the skies are still blown out looking… I dunno. I used a camera I had never used before, the EOS 1N RS pellicle camera. Reply This image and the one below was shot with the Mamiya 7 II, and considering the tungsten lighting inside of the wedding hall that I was in, it did a pretty good job. This was done with all natural light.

With its relatively affordable price to go along with its good image quality and qualities, you can get out shooting without worrying quite as much about wasted frames as you might with the aforementioned other professional Kodak films. Image #1 had the better exposure of the two. In this image, you can see the vibrance of the blues in Melissa’s dress as the warm morning sunlight flows through it. You can also see the sunlight slightly lighting up her arm which is a nice subtle touch. Although I wish there was more light on her ring, the image overall turned out pretty good.

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Things are easy when it comes to scanning too. Ektar dries very flat and remains flat with no noticeable curl. I use an Epson v500 for scanning almost all my film and find it scans very easily with VueScan. The film is also fairly receptive to Digital ICE, which removes dust and hair from the scan automatically (via an infrared scan pass). I also had the pleasure of using a Nikon Coolscann 8000 for a few years and echo the same sentiments with that scanner. Kodak Ektar scans easily and well. Using VueScan I am easily able to find the proper exposure and color balance. Raw scans also are very sharp and crisp. Conclusion I also like that Kodak have given us an inexpensive ISO 100 colour film to go along with their Gold and ColorPlus 200 and Ultramax 400. It feels like it completes the set and covers all the bases, although an ISO 800 film at a similar price point too would be the proverbial home run. One of the larger guidelines or considerations are blue shadows. Alluded to throughout this post, at box speed or under exposure in daylight I have noticed a strong tendency for blue shadows. Very much overcomeable with a nudge in metering or post processing. Don't be surprising to see a scan come out blue. Let’s see if, in my humble and subjective opinion, it lives up to that billing in the next section. When coupled with more modern lenses, it’s going to be very saturated. If you shoot landscapes then you’ll probably be okay with this.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. Discover Felipe Lofrano and his unique analogue experiments. Felipe’s journey with film photography started as a teenager with a Lomography Actionsampler camera, and ever since he’s been trying out new methods of altering and transforming his photos with incredible results. 1 14 Share Tweet Granularity is virtually nonexistent. Before Ektar was around, Kodak’s finest-grain film came in the form of their professional Ektachrome E100G, and Kodak’s literature on Ektar explains that the new film was developed with foresight in regard to the relationship between Ektachrome and Ektar. Predicting the diminished availability of slide-film processing, the company intended that the modern Ektar should rival (and even trump) the previous pro-grade offering. Again, Kodak succeeded. It’s clear when comparing s

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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. Where to start with this film. First of all it’s very sharp. It looks great in all sizes ranging from 35mm to 4x5 large format. It’s tons are buttery smooth and colors look fantastic. The biggest issue I’ve seen with Ektar is the accuracy of the colors, but it’s not enough to be a significant issue in most cases. It only comes in the speed of 100, so low light shooting isn’t the best situation for this film. I generally prefer Ektar in the studio, where it can be on a tripod capturing all that beautiful detail and color. Rich, vibrant, and strong saturated colors, that are great for landscape photography or scenes that are brightly lit with sunlight.

While Ektar is often not recommended for portraiture as it could make faces of all skin tones appear slightly reddish, I found that this problem is usually corrected by adding an extra stop of even light. A bit more fixing could be done in post-processing using tools like Adobe Photoshop as well.

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The first thing to say about Ektar 100 as this review gets wrapped up is that it’s another film I’ve shot and found myself really liking. It’s a film I’ll certainly be shooting again. Not all street photography has to be in monochrome. Indeed, if you’re in a place with lots of colour, it can be a shame not to take advantage of that. And as long as you have enough light for its ISO 100 rating, the sharpness, contrast, and low grain make Ektar a fine film to do so.

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. Ektar often struggle indoors, so, in these winter months, if I have Ektar loaded in my camera, I don’t get to shoot indoors much. This film does much better outside on bright, sunny days. And for many lovers of digital cameras, this may also be one of your favorite Kodak film emulsions. This session was done in 35mm and shot with a Canon 24-105mm f4 L IS, Canon 35mm f1.4 L USM, and a Canon 1V with a flash firing. Some of the tonality looks a bit like Kodak Portra but then you look closer and the skin tones and you realize that it’s not.