sharpness
good color saturation

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I use Fuji Velvia Slide film (same emulsion technology as Reala) and have been satisfied with it, so I decided to try Reala. First of all the sharpness is incredible. Secondly, with the use of a circular polarizer, color saturation (especially blue skies) is very good. Without the use of a polarizer, color rendition is very accurate. An all around excellent film for outdoor use.

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Kodak Gold Films

Brings outdoor to life. Strong deep colour,contrasty

Just too strong for portraits, unnatural depth of tone. Too red?

Recomended outdoor product. Concider price. Similar to portra but cheaper and doesn't need to be in the fridge.

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Kodak Portra 160VC

Very fine grain, Reala has excellent sharpness and really true colors.

Not easy to found it.

I used Reala for outdoor photography, landscape, nature. Especially I like its green and blue, also well balanced red-yellow tones. I used with my mamiya medium format (120 film), if i blow up to 80x120 cm it still sharp, grain also acceptable and vivid color.

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- Good and natural color, with polarizer, the color is stunning
- very fine grain

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The previous review is very unfair to this product since there are too much uncertainty about the printing quality of the labs and the change of lighting condition during the day....

I have used this film consistently for more than 2 years, with both 35mm and 120 format. I always shoot it at ISO100. Color contrast is very good and natural. Grain is extremly fine. My trusty Precision Camera Photo Lab always make the prints right for me. Not very expensive at B&H. I highly recommend this film for outdoor work.

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That's the only ISO 100 color print film I used consistently.

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My dilemma was Reala vs. Royal Gold. Reading reviews for both one might think that Reala was clearly the print film of choice. Thus, over the past several months, in locales from Alaska to Ohio shooting predominantly scenics but also macro photography and some candid portrait shots, I've tested them head-to-head. While shooting a particular subject I would shoot ten frames of Royal Gold, rewind, load the Reala, and shoot 10 frames of the same subject. RG was sent to a Kodak lab...Reala to a Fuji lab. Consistently this is what I found:

Royal Gold: beautiful rich blue skies with almost 3-D clouds, vibrant, crisp reds and greens in the wildflowers and berries, macro patterns on butterfly wings that were tack-sharp and so rich....

Reala: Dull, dark, lifeless landscapes ...washed-out clouds and skies, muddy reds. The touted Fuji greens were smudgy and 'yellowed.' Disappointing contrast. Skin tones were anemic. 1-2 stops of over-exposure didn't help.

I have no vested interest in either product...I just wanted to see which was 'better.' This was my experience. Each locale same Nikon body, same Nikon lenses, same Manfrotto tripod...but the differences, consistently, as above.

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Sharp
Invisible grain
Produce quite accurate colour

Price
Slow
and.....why Fuji don't make a REALA 400?

A good Film, but must need to overexpose for 1/3 to 1/2 stop for brighter colour.
But I don't recommand more than that because it may result in a loss in details, especially for a low contrast object.

Good for outdoor and indoor Flash Photography.

But the price is quite high. For that Reason, a 4 for the value but 5 for overall.

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Superia 100

UNBELIEVABLE COLOURS, EXTRA FINE GRAIN

NONE, EXCEPT THE PRICE MAYBE

GUYS, WHAT CAN I SAY? IT'S THE BEST FILM. AS MANY OF OTHERS HERE HAVE MENTIONED, DON'T HESITATE TO SET THE ISO OF YOUR CAMERA TO 80, AND THE COLOURS WILL COME OUT OF THE PAPER (DON'T WORRY, NOT TOO MUCH COLOUR, JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT). I USED IT THAT WAY ON A GREEK ISLAND, WHERE THE SUN IS SO SHINY LIKE NOWHERE ELSE, SO DON'T THINK THAT YOUR PHOTOS WILL BE OVEREXPOSED BY SETTING THE ISO ON 80. FRIENDS WITH BETTER CAMERAS (I HAVE AN EOS 300 WITH 28-90 CANON LENS) WERE LOOKING MY PHOTOS AND CRYING FOR PURCHASING KODAK CRAP. TAKE AS MANY AS YOU CAN!!!

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Excellent Color Saturation and Fine Grain

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Great film. I have used this film both indoors with flash during fitness competitions and outdoors photographing wildlife. I have found this film to have a very fine grain; which is great for enlargements. The color saturation is great as well. Needless to say, I like this film alot...

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Kodak Royal Gold 100 and 400 and other Fuji Superia HQ.

Fine Resolution & Grain
Natural Color!
Fine Skin Tone
Quite Cheap
Kept At Room Temperature

Not Available Everywhere

Supra 100 is cheaper & has superb resolution & grain, but skin tone is not quite good & has no 120 format. (Hope that Supra 100 has better skin tone and is available in 120 format)
NPH has superb skin tone, but color is a bit dull & resolution is just OK.
All in all, Reala is the best general purpose 120 format color negative film available.

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Fuji NPH 400

Excellent all-around film. Reala technology, with its magenta layer, makes it the only film to use for indoor mixed-lighting situations. Fine grain and generally good color balance.

I have had repeated trouble with peculiar red and magenta shifts. I shot several rolls in the Olympic National Forest in WA, with flash under the rain canopy. I was shocked at the magenta rendering of tree bark, rendering the prints worthless. Fuji blamed the Fuji lab, and the lab said that's the way it is. I have also had problems with similar red shifts in skin tones.

I buy this film in bulk ($300 for 100 rolls) and freeze it, so cost and availability are not issues for me. (I pack up to 25 rolls when I leave for a shoot.) While I think Reala is a good film it has a tendency to over-saturate reds. The trouble I've periodically experenced with magenta staining makes it somewhat unreliable. I shoot with a Nikon N90S and love its performance and versatility.

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