Fine grained film for outdoor

Not so good in indoor with poor lighting

Printed at Kodak Royal print and came out great when shooting under blue sky. But it lacks in detail and graininess if you shoot them indoor with poor lighting. Some of close up with flash (indoor or outdoor in backlight situation) was good, so proper lighting is important for this film.

I wouldn’t try compensating aperture with this film since film latitude is not that great.

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Kodak Royal Gold 100
Konica 400

Inexpensive
Available everywhere

Poor color reproduction
Poor quality in highlights

I went through two rolls of this film and two rolls of Superia 100 while out on the windward and north shores of O'ahu. I was disappointed with both. Flowers, landscapes, temples, all suffered from oversaturated yellows and greens, and loss of detail in the highlights.

A polarizing filter would probably have helped somewhat, but the Kodak Portra films I used gave better color and detail under the same lighting conditions, with the same lenses and camera body. I'll try to make this film work for me because it's so easy to find, but it'll be strictly as a backup when there's nothing else to be found.

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Fujicolor Superia 100
Kodak Portra 400 VC
Kodak Portra 160 VC

inexpensive 4 pak, less than K*
very sharp
low grain for a 400 speed film
vivid colors
snappy contrast
prints well in general purpose labs

no the smoothest tones

I give the rating full stars because this is the best 400 speed consumer print film at the lowest prices from the big 2 film producers. When I first used this film about a year or two ago, I didn't like it. I had bought a 3.5-5.6 zoom lens and was getting unsatifactorily blurry pictures from having too low a speed for my shots. 400 speed film has cured this on the most part, but back then my Superia 400 shots looked grainy with very poor skin tones. They looked much worse than my Gold 100, which already isn't the finest grained film, but a decent film and I like the way enlargements look at 8x10. I was sure that the old Superia 400 would not look that way upon enlargement. Lately, although I have learned to live with Gold 100 as my staple film (it's a good standard film because it's cheap, sharp, has nice colors and smooth tones all over), I wanted to try Superia 400 again because I need the speed and was willing to give the film another shot. This new Superia 400 must be a new formulation because skin tones are much improved, but still not as good as my 100 film. It is a good compromise when I need the speed. Because of the low price and high color saturation, I have changed my opinion on this film. It has superb sharpness and tends to cling to some details more than others- especially wherever there is contrast. The edges of everything is sharp and although some skin tones are grainy, they are definetely not as blotchy as before- I have proof in the results. Of course, I still send this film to the same C41 processer as my Gold 100 film so that I know this is not a fluke. The colors are clean and it seems that red is a bit over saturated, but on the whole I like the look- sharp and slightly contrasty. If you didn't know any better, you'd not notice that much difference from a 100 speed film, other than the fact that there would be less blurry pictures from low speed shots and more control of depth of field. It also lets me stop down my zoom lens more for better lens performance. A great film from advanced technology.

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Fast film,
Realistic color in cloudy conditions

Too grainy,
Blows highlights horribly in bright outdoor light conditions,

I used this film for hand-held shooting on hikes where I didn't want to lug a tripod. I thought it would handle the high-altitude, mid-day contrast better than slide film.

Well, the shadow detail is better but the highlights are glaringly white with no detail.

And when I look at 4000dpi scans of these negs and of RDPIII *pushed 2 stops!* it amazes me how much finer the grain and smoother the tones the PUSHED slides have!

This film does a nice rendition of colors under cloudy conditions but so do slide films.

Now that Royal Gold 25 is no longer available, I doubt I'll bother using color negative film again. The difference in quality of the results is just too big.

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Very nice film, with good sharpness and grain for the speed.

Not a problem, per se, but I prefer the look of Kodak's films. Fuji's colors tend to favor the blue/purple side of palette, while Kodak's emphasize the red/gold more.

Good stuff, and a tad cheaper than equivalent Kodak film. A good choice for almost any camera, though for my own uses, I prefer Royal Gold 400.

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don't know - nice website

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Kodak Gold 400, Royal Gold 400

A terrific general-purpose film.

Too bright and contrasty for serious portraiture, but that's why Fuji makes NPS...

I prefer Fuji films in general, but a real plus was WalMart's decision to use Fuji processors at their in-store 1 hour labs. These machines seem dialed into Fuji Superia 400 and give good results on Crystal Archive paper -- the most archival of type C print papers.

Caveat: stick to Superia with WalMart -- Reala confuses their machines.

Caveat: repeated handling during reprints may cause print scuffing, a hazard at most 1 hour shop.

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Everything...

Very fine grain for fast film. I did enlargements upto 25x30cm with good results. The colors are more real than Kodak Gold.

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Very good film. The best solution when you travel with single camera body.

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Kodak Gold 400

excellent collor, sharp pictures, competitively priced

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I use Fuji 400 all the time and have never had any problems.

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kodak

Very sharp
Excellant color
good price

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I use this film all the time. Best color and sharpness. To the gentleman in the below post that got bad color... I suggest you find somewhere else to get your pic's developed. (it's all in the printing!)
This film is SUPERB!

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Kodak 400

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Every single frame turned out perfect! Full of color. Not grainy. It is a great price and the company always has $$ off coupons. The best film I have used yet!

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Kodak 400, Fugifilm Super HQ 200