Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 800 Print Film
Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 800 Print Film
USER REVIEWS
[Jan 14, 2008]
sharpie05
Intermediate
Strength:
Great skin tones
Weakness:
Easy to underexpose. This is a great, fast, and fine grain film( for 800 speed anyways). Great skin tones, and awesome contrast make me stick with this film for color negatives. Sometimes the 800 speed is a little too fast for the glass I use (When i want a small DOF, I open it up), but stopping down a little solves that problem.
Customer Service None really... Was reccommended by the people at Wolf Camera. |
[Apr 07, 2007]
ziadt
Beginner
Strength:
fast, colourful, grain
Weakness:
a little too blue.. ask ur photo processor to tone it down a great film for indoor use, and a rather good film for very sunny days, the colours are superb, very vivid, the grain is also fantastic for an 800 film. skin tones were pleasantly warm, wildlife was alive, to keep it short a good all round film... i've inherited my ricoh XR-2s from my dad and his words of wisdom were to stick to fuji, i usually use 400, but decided to try the 800 this time.. Customer Service none |
[Mar 15, 2005]
nikon_junkie
Intermediate
Strength:
cost
Weakness:
Always seem to have trouble at my local Eckerd's with processing. Walmart has no problems. I've used this and the 1600ISO film for indoor sports with decent to good results. Color is vibrant. |
[Jan 21, 2004]
Christian
Expert
Strength:
Better than its competitors in terms of exposure latitude, grain and contrast
Weakness:
Relatively expensive, noticeably more grainy than Fuji Superia 400 Fuji Superia Xtra 800 is the only ISO 800 film I’ve tried so far which I would feel confident to use again in the future. It has finer grain and a much better ability to deal with wide variations in contrast than either Agfa Vista 800 or Konica Centuria Super 800, and a much better response to underexposure. Colour rendition also seems preferable. Similar Products Used: Agfa Vista 800, Konica Centuria Super 800, numerous 400 speed films |
[Oct 16, 2002]
Kasand
Expert
Strength:
Very fine grain Great color Great for concerts, the skin tones are great, the stage lights are full of color. You can make a 20x30cm print, with great color and sharpness.. You can push it to 1600.. And it's great!! |
[May 10, 2002]
Mair
Intermediate
Strength:
- strong colours - terrific sharpness - minimal grain - makes good enlargements if you don''t go past 8x10 - good skin tones--not as red as superia 100 and 200 - not overly contrasty
Weakness:
hard to find, considering I find the Fuji Superia 200 almost everywhere This film AWESOME! It''s the most versatile film out there--I totally love it''s lack of grain; thats a biggie right there. (In a side-by-side comparison I found more grain in the ultra-popular Kodak Max 400 than this!) No doubt that this film is for all occasions--and if your a semi-serious photographer like me, who considers quality of pictures yet hopelessly depends on a point-and-shoot camera, this is for you, but you might have to go out of your way to look for it..it''s not everywhere like the garbage Kodak Zoom 800. Customer Service wha? Similar Products Used: Kodak Max 400, Kodak Zoom 800, Fuji Superia 100-800 |
[Apr 23, 2002]
subodh sharma
Expert
Strength:
sharp details, excellent saturation of colours, no grains at all.even the weak colours like, pink and yellow were not lost.
Weakness:
blue colour tends to dominate . it gave me very good results during my journey from niigata city to tokyo. i shot from the bullet train window at f16/1/500sec.in the cloudy sky and heavy snow around. it helped me to shoot the night life in the suburbs of tokyo at f5.6/1/60, and also at f16/bulb setting at 3to4 sec.good latitude for expouser Customer Service no Similar Products Used: n0 |
[Apr 12, 2002]
jason4774
Intermediate
Strength:
Good sharpness, color, and detail when rated at 640.
Weakness:
Unforgiving colors, and apparent grain when rated at true speed. I use this film at parties, as my cheap alternative to get more practice under my belt. Not bad for a consumer film. In my experience, I get better results rating the film at 640, especially in low light situations (why else would you buy 800 speed?!?) Like most print films, it tolerates overexposure well, but is unforgiving with underexposure (colors look off, film grain is more noticable) At 640, I get good colors, skin tones come out correct, and grain is less noticable. I''''d rather shoot this film at 640 than Superia 400 at it''''s rated speed. Colors are a little more on. I''''d mark it off for not being a ''''true'''' 800 speed film, but the only film in my experience that processes well at 800, is Kodak''''s portra 800, and you can buy a four pack of this stuff for the cost of that. (And, I''''ve shot every high speed film known to man) At 800, I don''''t even bother. Just for fun, I shot a roll at 800, and in all my experience with this film, I got bad looking photos. Skin tones looked red. Grain was obvious. So, rate it down a third of a stop, and it''''ll treat you well. Not a film I''''d really recommend for critical work, not because it''''s bad, only because there are pro films that do what this film does, and better. For casual use, it''''s hard to beat, when you need the speed. Customer Service n/a Similar Products Used: every 800 speed film on the market. |
[Jan 29, 2002]
Danny Rizzio
Casual
Strength:
Very very sharp. Fantastic grain. Nobody will notice that it''''s an 800 film.
Weakness:
Awful skintones. SO RED :( The old superia 800 wasn''''t so bad with skintones. It''''s sharp, but people look like tomatoes and that''''s unforgivable. Customer Service :-T Similar Products Used: kodak max 800 |
[Jun 06, 2001]
Charles Tompkins
Expert
Strength:
Speed, grain, sharpness, colour
Weakness:
Not very flattering for people I was really surprised when I tried this film at standard rating and pushed to 1600 ISO. It was remarkably sharp and fine-grained in both cases. Then I looked at how it portrayed people and it was - cruelly realistic. People who'd just finished doing some sport looked horribly red-faced compared with my usual results (on 400 ISO NPH). So I've decided to stick with NPH and use Superia 1600 as my available-light film, which gives almost the same results but at 1600 ISO. Customer Service Not tried it Similar Products Used: Fujicolor Superia 800, Fujicolor Superia 1600 |