Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia 400 Print Film
Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia 400 Print Film
USER REVIEWS
[Nov 09, 2006]
Greg McCary
Intermediate
Strength:
Great color and saturation.
Weakness:
Getting the slides scanned can be difficult if you don't own a scanner. I found the color and texture of this film to be wonderful. It has a great saturation to it. The colors seem to be more realistic than standard Fuji print film, which to me at times can be over saturated. You want go wrong with this film. I feel that any serious photogragher should use slide film. I was truly amazed at the results. Similar Products Used: Fuji 400 xtra print film |
[Nov 04, 2005]
truck
Intermediate
Strength:
good colours, sharpness & grain
Weakness:
none. i really like this film. if you need something fast, with nice grain, sharpness and colours, this is made for you. (I know its made for me ;)) great all around film! Customer Service never used Similar Products Used: i din't know any. (could be cheaper maybe) |
[Oct 29, 2005]
ajuk
Casual
Strength:
Pleasing grain, nice colours and skin tones look alright. Cost £1.25 a roll (not $)
Weakness:
Well none I can see but I would guess that it doesnt perform quite as well as the pro neg films like Pro 400H When I first started using my SLR I would always shoot ISO 100 film because coming from using a Digital compact(Fuji F610 was my first camera), I always thought ISO 400 looked crap(don't get me started on the ISO 800). It wasn't untill I saw pictures taken from this film and other high ISO films in magazines that I finaly bought some, but I was still unsure about using it. Well after the first roll I was hooked it is now my every day film and I only shoot the 100 on nice sunny days. Not sure why some people say why ISO 400+ looks crap this looks great and know there are even better 400 ISO print films out there. Digital P&S put me of high ISOs for a long time, I'm glad I found this. Customer Service 7Dayshop sent me 5 rolls of 24 exp film instead of 5 rolls of 35 Exp film but I sent it back and they sent me the righ stuff. Cost £1.25 a roll and I have found a great cheap place to get it proccessed ASDA (owned by Walmart) I always get 7x5 with white boarders. Similar Products Used: Kodak 400 UC and all the Chromagenic B&W films |
[Oct 28, 2004]
juergenf
Casual
Strength:
- sharp images - vivid colours - Grain is like a 200 film, which is good.
Weakness:
- sometimes still a bit too slow in low-light situations with compact zooms at the wide end, go for the 800 speed. The FujiFilm Superia 400 is just a great film. The colours are vivid and it is really sharp so the details come out nice. It is not more grainy than any 200 speed film and handles well in low-light situations (though i would use a 800 speed film with compact zooms as they tend to have slow lenses). Similar Products Used: - Kodak Gold serie almost all speeds. - Kodak T-Max B/W films which i really like (Better than Ilford or Fuji B/W's) - Agfa Vista 200 (nice film and cheap). |
[Sep 30, 2003]
moogyboy
Intermediate
Strength:
Inexpensive. Easily available everywhere.
Weakness:
Consistently greenish color cast. Mediocre sharpness and grain. I've never been pleased with Fuji color print film. My prints always come out green, a filmy green cast as if everything was shot underwater in a fish pond, especially when underexposed. Not particularly sharp or grain-free, especially compared with the Kodak equivalents. Really mediocre in my opinion. But it IS cheap. It is also possible that Fuji Superia is especially sensitive to crappy processing. Similar Products Used: Kodak Max, Kodak Gold, store-brand generic color print film. |
[Jul 11, 2003]
rbuckman
Intermediate
Strength:
a great film with little grain I shot so much of this on a recent trip to Alaska and every shot turned out just great. Try to find a lab that uses Fuji's Frontier minilab for processing to get the most of this film. I stopped using just any lab since processing really determines the end result on negative films. Pay the extra couple of dollars and use a professional lab that has Frontier processing. |
[Oct 30, 2002]
Mair2112
Intermediate
Strength:
- very sharp - high contrast - vivid colours
Weakness:
- blues are oversaturated This film is fantastic! It's often less expensive then Kodak's Max film, and often available in 3 packs with a free Big Mac offer (I love McD's lol) What sets this film apart is its incredible sharpness. When properly exposed, the grain is very fine; this film has to be the finest-grained 400 speed film out there. It will do a great job enlarged to 8 x 10! Skin tones are adequate, sometimes it borders on a little bit red, but the high contrast compensates for that usually. Color saturation is extremely high--a Fuji trademark. That's a good thing, especially for outdoor landscapes. My only problem is that this film has a thing for blues. In many side-by-side shots of one person wearing blue and the other person wearing red, the blue stuck out much more then the somewhat faded-out reds. However, a good photofinisher can compensate for this. Similar Products Used: I AM SO CONFUSED---is there a Fuji Superia 400, AND a Fuji Superia XTRA 400? If so, whats the d*** difference?? |
[Jul 21, 2002]
drifter619
Casual
Strength:
- Fine Grain - Excellent color rendition - Wide latitude - Good value
Weakness:
- None I recently took a road trip from San Diego, CA to Minneapolis, MN and back. In addition to the Twin Cities, I was fortunate enough to have visit 4 National Parks and 2 National Monuments during the entire trip. I primarily used Fuji Superia 400 because I didn't want to worry about varying lighting situations. Also, I was using a Tamron 28-200 zoom which isn't a very light efficient lens. I ended up using 40 rolls of film, and I must say Fuji Superia 400 surpassed any expectations I had. The film has extremely fine grain, and has the sharpness of most 100 speed film. Also, the film has great latitude, nice contrast, and renders true color. Skin tones were very nice too. I was definitely pleased with the results. In my opinion, Fuji Superia 400 has better sharpness and color rendition than Kodak Gold 400 (and even better than Kodak Gold 200). Kodak does have a warmer feel (and is nice for skin tones), and excluding the Royal Gold series of film just seems a bit grainy at times. Fuji tends to be more true color, which I like. I recommend this film for anyone using a zoom lens in varying lighting situations. The film is a very good product and priced nicely at Wal-Mart. Similar Products Used: Kodak Gold 200,400 Kodak Royal Gold 200,400 |
[Mar 28, 2002]
Toby M
Beginner
Strength:
Looks good Feels good Tastes good
Weakness:
Had a hell of a time trying to get it through me bowels... Good print film. Much better than the Kodak stuff I''''ve used. Good colour, contrast, and grain. Similar Products Used: Other ISO 400 print film |
[Sep 19, 2001]
John Berenyi
Intermediate
Strength:
None
Weakness:
Many This film sucks the big one. I own a $2k Nikon setup and it takes shots like an instamatic camera with this film. Low contrast and grainy! I can''t stand grainy shots!!! Customer Service none Similar Products Used: Kodak |