+ Great skin tones + Lack of visible grain + Extra ISO speed when needed + Great with flash

So far so good. If I find any weaknesses I will comment later.

I've had the opportunity to shoot several rolls of NPH during the past few months with my Canon Elan II and Speedlite 380EX. I can honestly that it is an awesome film!! I have achieved consistent results with or without flash on portrait shots. If you want your portraits to look good and want accurate skin tones, I would recommend NPH without hesitation. I also love the fact that there is virtually no grain present. My 4x6 and 5x7 prints are just outstanding on Crystal Archive paper without signs any of grain. I am by no means a pro photographer but the family members that have seen my NPH portraits have commented on how "good" the people look in the picture. I would like to think that I can take part of the credit but I also believe the film makes a huge difference. Great product Fuji!!!

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Makes people look very good. Don't forget to use fill flash outside folks - can turn a good shot into a great one.

Can't take it out of the camera and upload it to my computer via my CF card reader :)

I own a Canon 1D MkII and a Nikon D70, and I consider myself fairly open minded to brand and format; but I consider 35mm film to be quite poor (I love the look of MF film but don't shoot it). Went to Antigua recently and didn't want to worry about camera theft, so I brought an old Elan IIe and a crappy Tamron zoom lens along with 7 rolls of NPH. Shot only 1 1/2 rolls as I thought I would be disappointed with the 35mm film results. Big mistake. This film rocks for people shots. I'm really very impressed. It renders skin tones slightly soft and creamy and is *very* flattering. In fact, it is close to the effect I laboriously try to achieve in PS with my digital files. If Fuji could engineer a quantum decrease in grain, I'd be hard pressed to buy a new digital camera for some time to come.

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Kodak 400UC (very mixed results) Fuji 800 NPZ (horrid) Fuji 800 Press (surprisingly not that bad) Fuji Superia X-TRA 400 (yuck) Fuji Astia 100F (sweet) Kodak Max 400 (please, I'm only joking...)

Good contrast, great colors, terrific skin tones.

Too expensive at the local pro camera stores. Need to order through Internet.

After reading the reviews, I had to try it. Outstanding film. Went out and took some pics of some models at a car show with a Canon 420EX flash, and the results were very pleasing. I wanted to test this film out because I'm preparing for wedding photography in the near future, and as many people have suggested, this is the film for the job. I've used Fuji products before, and have always been pleased. However, I realize that the big difference in price is worth every penny.

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Fuji Superia 200, 400, 800, Reala

colors were fantastic, forgiving

grain in enlargements is quite high, price

I read many reviews on this film and decided to get a roll. I forgot about this roll in my fridge and I got a call to shoot some prom photos for a good friend. I remembered this film and shot it. This film was very forgiving. I definetly made some exposure mistakes, but in the prints you wouldn't be able to tell. The colors were outstanding. I am very impressed. I don't think I would use it again for the same application due to the fact that my 8x10 enlargements had very noticible grain (to be expected from 400 speed film). I will try the NPS next time. This was a very nice film tho.

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Fuji - Superia (all speeds), Kodak - Royal Gold, Ultra Color 100, Agfa Vista, more than I can remember!

Perfect skin tones.

Not really an ISO400 in available light. Cyan-cast on everything but skin. Didn't have much luck with flash fotography.

Uotstanding color portrait film. Being a casual "family album" photographer I didn't have much luck with color films for portraits. The over-saturated face tones with ugly red stains produced by all-around print emulsions (superia, kodak gold) forced me to use B&W for portrait works. Until I got scans of my first NPH roll. The skin tones are perfect. Saturated and accurate, natural reproduction. This film perfectly captures the mood with available light. This film is a perfect choice in times when adding color to portrait work seems attractive.

Great scans with Epson 3200 and Silverfast 6 on 645 film. neutral grays. attractive grain. good sharpness. more detail in shadows and highlights than slide film.

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Moved to a new house. No place for a darkroom for the first time in 35 years. Went digital and scanned mostly slides. Then I found Fuji NPH 400. It scans beautifully. Colors right on. Neutral grays easy to find. Better tonality than slide film.

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Kodak and Fuji slide films.

Fine grain level, crispy colors. Exposure tolerant and versatile.

A bit pricy (as most pro films)

Used three rolls for an indoor for a full page newspaper story. The NPH showed good colors with good shades and a fine tolerance between high and low keys. Grain fine in shadows and very good in high lights. Softtone but preserves fine contrast.

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NPC 160

No

Too weak contrast and saturation, skin tones very dull. For the "quality" very, very expensive.

In one month I should photograph a wedding of my son. For this reason I bought one NPH 400 wedding film to test it. Short to say, the result is disappointing. The flash and outdoor pictures, mostly with people, have no saturation, the colours are weak, the skin tones look like faces of ill people short before their last breath. My camera is Contax 167MT with Zeiss lenses (Planar 1.4/50, Planar 1.4/85 and Vario-Sonnar 4/80-200). Perhaps it is the lab, but from the same lab I get mostly very good pictures from "normal" films (Kodak Supra 400, 100, Fuji Superia X-TRA 400 and 200). Anyway after this experience i have no courage to use this film for the wedding. I will use rather a "normal" film instead.

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I have used no wedding film till now, I use mostly Superia X-TRA 200 and 400 for people shots (children), for landscape and holiday I use Kodak Supra 100 and Fuji Superia X-TRA 200.

Makes people look particularly good, landscapes and other objects come over naturally, optimistic but without exageration. It scans particularly well, grain removal and sharpening can be pushed further than with the old film.

Haven't actually found any yet (only done 12 films)

New NPH is different from old NPH but it's still a winner. It looks like a cross between NPC and NPZ, with richer colours, finer grain and more sharpness.

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Fuji NPC, NPZ, NPS, Press 800 & 1600 plus a lot of old NPH

It has basically all the traits a film should have, colors, grain.

Very expensive in Israel, more than 7$. Needs a highly profficient lab.

Very good film for the price, and for a higher price. Skin colors came out beautifull. I was staggered by the results. Skin colors were comparable with REALA film. I shot a photo of my dad, who is very pale skinned and an asian worker who is very dark skinned. Both their skins came ou great. Flowers were easily shot with very good color. Pinks, rust and the sort appear beautiful. Very good grain. I enlarged to 18*12 and there was no visible grain. Maybe softness (well, I did use max app.) As with any film, make sure you process it at a good lab. Works with available light and flash amazingly

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In Israel I process my films in Tzamtzam. Highly reccomended, as they do a great job and have branches everywhere.

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FUJI superia 400. Very good too, but colors are isn't nearly as superb.