-Very fine grain
-Excellent color rendition
-Cheaper vs. Royal Gold 100
-Enlargements crystal clear

-Although it's 100 film, like others on this site have found, it really does best shot at 80.

-Very pleased with results so far. I use this when I want excellent people/landscape pictures that I can confidently enlarge and retain sharpness and minimize grain.

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Royal Gold 100

My favorite print film. Excellent flesh tones, perfect for portraits. Near perfect color blending.

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A truly great print film. I use it for all my portrait work. The color rendition doesn't seem as bright as superia 100, so I don't use it for landscapes, but the smoothness is awesome for portraits. Be very careful when processing, go to a pro lab, & you will very pleased with this specialty film. This film can easily be printed to 10x14 with no grain visible.

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Kodak 100, Superia 100

- Decent grain
- Pleasing Color Palette

- Can't get good development just anywhere. Some labs seem to screw it up. Be careful where you develop it.

This is good film. I don't like it better than Royal Gold for sharpness, although the color balance is nice. Also, Royal Gold is a safer bet for development. For some reason, most labs always get it right. But for some reason, Reala is often screwed up.

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Royal Gold 100, Gold 100

Medium-high colour saturation; excellent grain; well suited as general-purpose; excellent price; commonly available; natural colour balance without undersaturation; Snappier, sharper shots than HG or super G.

not always great with flash, almost needs colour correction filter for correct colour

The ole' toss-up. I basically waffle from Reala (or new Superia which has the same layering stuff) to Kodak HG. The results are often undetermined as to which is better.
Fuji appears to be better in the greens, Kodak seems to tilt a bit to the red as far a caste goes.
Processing almost never requires much [colour] correction with Reala.

A fantastic all-purpose film with fine grain, good contrast. I'd agree with the overexposing comment made by anothe user, but I'd stick with ISO 80 most of the time rather than 50.
Sometimes has a lot of noise in the dark end of blue (comes through in scans).

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Kodak RG series; Fuji Superia series; Agfa Optima and HG; Polaroid 35mm (in a pinch);

Simply put, great photos! Accurate flesh tones, great colors, fine grain.

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I submitted an earlier review on Reala. I was still experimenting with differnet films to see which I prefer. My camera shop recommends Royal Gold but I get better results with Reala. I tried Kodak Gold (Kodak offers Gold and Royal Gold to confuse you) and it pretty much sucked with blotchy fleshtones and neon reds. Reala gives results like a pro film at consumer prices.

I shot a roll of Reala last week at a local arboretum and the pics turned out great.

Get your film developed at a good lab. It's going to cost more but it really makes a difference with your photos.

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Kodak Royal Gold, Kodak Gold, Portra 160NC

Fantastic, rich color. The greens and reds are just superb. A great film for capturing autumn colors.

Blues can be oversaturated in some conditions

Fantastic film, with vivid colors
Set ISO at 50 or 64 for best results
In its price range Reala cannot be beat. Especially if you plan to get your prints enlarged.

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The only print film I use

Beautiful saturated colors, excellent skin tones

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I read the review of the photographer who said set the camera to ISO 50 and just start shooting. Well...he was right. I shot people in soft and some harsh light with an 81A warm-up filter. Skin tones were delicious. Colors saturated true and rich. It is a great film, especially on skin tone. The film is good enough to reveal a lot of facial imperfection when you are up-close and personal.

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Absolute sharpness, extremely wide contrast latitude, understated,"non-zappy" foolish amateur film color saturation, remarkable skin tones.

Never seen anything close to a weakness.

The best kept secret about this film is this:
Do not shoot it at 100 ISO.
Reala is a very flat film and not all that great at 100.
It is flatter than p*** on a plate...
But, by consistent under rating 64 ISO or 50 ISO the film just starts to shimmer.
Prints have far more snap and appear considerably sharper.
Without getting into heavy, technical densitometry discussions a one stop over-exposure rating makes this film the King of all print films.
Simply reset your ISO on the camera to 50 ISO and shoot.
When you drop it off at the lab don't get into mentioning that you did this, just drop it off as usual and pick it up when the prints are done.
Fuji has repeatedly told me that "....you can't do that to that film, it's not designed for that overexposure".
Showing them 11X14 prints from a 35mm Leica neg, studio lit and tripod mounted, shut them up about that REAL quick.
Just set it to 50.
In bright sunlight, outdoors and in contrasty light?
80 ISO
Trust me, I'm a pro.
http://www.Sharpeshots.com
The largest print I have ever done was shot with Reala on a Hasselblad, custom printed to 40X40, yes...that's right, 40X40!!! and in 120 format the grain wasn't even perceptible.
*N.B. This film is absolutely superb, if you want to really exploit it's capabilities, your shooting technique should be as well.
Practice Safe Photography.
ALWAYS USE A TRIPOD

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Every Professional print film on the market,
Agfa, Kodak, Konica, Fuji

Fine grain. Vivid color. Less expensive that Kodak Royal Gold

Reala seems to have "unreal" color. Pinks and purples are almost florescent. Like when you turned up the red color all of the way on an old color television.

Good film but I am still trying to decide if I like Kodak's color better than Fuji's. Fuji's is more vivid but it seems to be less accurate.

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Kodak Portra 160NC, Royal Gold 100.

Very fine grain
Excellent color reproduction

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This is the best print film I have ever tried so far. The film has very fine grain and so it is very good for large enlargements. The color reproduction, especially the green is superb. I have tried taking many landscape pictures in Portland - Tulip Farms, Japanese Garden etc. and all of them have come out very well. The film is also good for portraits as well.

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Kodak Royal Gold
Konica