Safe colour rendition from Kodak minilab. Grain no problem whatsoever.

Speed.

I have not been a big user of slow films because 100 is so slow and the colour suspiciously lively, but the unexpected natural quality of this ISO 100 is very tempting. I got very natural colours from outdoor photos and an appealingly fine grain structure. All from a minilab too. I estimate one could make 18x12 prints before grain becomes distracting.

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Fuji 100, Store brands.

Captures skin colors Tolerant of under- or over-exposure Widely available, including eBay

Slow speed Kodak may discontinue?

My favorite film. Sure, this slow-speed film works best outdoors with fast-aperture lenses, but the extra work--and sometimes a tripod--yields great results. Even though an "expert" buddy urges Fuji, I've shot a dozen rolls recently of my newborn, and it precisely captures his skin tone and colorful stuffed animals.

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A slow Fuji (way too pink)

-perfect blends of: color accuracy/intensity/skintones, contrast/subtlety in detail. -fairly affordable -readily available (for how long?) -flexible for many uses3

-not the sharpest film -

I don't know why I passed this film over until just recently. I think I was categorizing films into just two categories: 1) professional/can only be bought at a real camera store, and 2) consumer/can be bought anywhere and shouldn't cost more than $10 for a pack of four! I guess Kodak RG just slipped through the cracks thanks to my opposite ended definitions. But now that I've found it I think I'm going to stick with it. Like another reviewer said, it strikes the perfect blend of everything I want: color accuracy/intensity, sharpness, skintone forgiveness, shadow and highlight detail...pictures just came out the way I envisioned them when I pressed the shutter. I think my "keeper" rate for the last roll was just about the highest it's ever been. Incidentally, it was at a wedding with every range of light and dark, lots of color, and verrrry difficult lighting. I plan on using RG as long as they offer it and I'm shooting film.

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Reala Gold 100 Supra 100 Impresa 50 Portra 160VC í

Great Color Saturation Practically Grainless Great Contrast

Kodak has stopped selling Royal Gold 100 for the US market. They are now only available imported and are extremely rare in Hawaii. I am hard pressed to find a satisfactory replacement. Fuji Reala does have great skin rendition, but still kind of iffy on the other things.

For me, this is the best ISO 100 film on the market. The colors, contrast, and grain are more to my liking than any other film I have ever used. I do agree that it may seem, too contrasty for some, or even too saturated, but this is how I like my pictures to come out. Images converted to Black & White, whether digitally or traditionally, provide better results than other films. Sunsets are vivid, portraits are brilliant, and candids can compare to set-up shots.

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Kodak Gold 100 Kodak Porta 160VC Kodak Supra 100 Fuji NPH 160 Fuji Superia 100

Jack of all trades ISO 100 film Great sharpness. Lovely (but not overblown) contrast. Wonderful tones. Makes surface textures (brick, wood, skin) appear very lifelike. Great skintones.

Speciality films can handle special purposes better. Reala creates stronger colors for landscapes. NPS is wonderful low contrast film for weddings. NPC is punchy for low contrast lighting scenes. Royal just happens to be the best d*** compromise of all of them.

This is a follow up review for this film. After using this film for more than a year, and using every other low speed print film on the market (and, I mean EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!) Royal Gold remains my favorite ISO 100 film on the market. It seems to capture the perfect combination of texture, tones, contrast, color, and detail. And, any lab on earth can develop it well. Reala has stronger colors. The Fuji NPS has lower contrast. NPC has punchier colors. And, I find uses for all their strengths. I have never liked the color or contrast palatte of the Portra series (save the ISO 800) However, Royal Gold is an exceptional compromise of all these films. It is a perfect fail safe film, that almost guarantees wonderful well exposed photos. Neutral to high contrast that holds an exceptional amount of shadow detail (unlike NPC), great textures and tones (unlike NPS), and delightful skin tones (better than Reala in my opinion). The overall result is very moody, very rich images with almost lifelike color fidelity. Royal 100 still gives me the best skintones i have ever seen. With everything, film is VERY subjective. The difference between different films is far more noticable to my eye than the difference between different lenses. And, in my opinion, Royal Gold 100 has created some of the best looking images to my eyes I have ever shot.

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all of ''''em

Very sharp, very little grain if any.

A bit expensive but worth it. I buy the 3 Gold + Bonus Royal Gold at a discount chain then sell the other 3 regular gold rolls. Fuji Reala is just about as good and cheaper.

I shot Kodak Royal Gold head to head with Fuji Reala at a bright summer event, a car show in downtown LA. I rated both films at 80 ISO. It took me about a week to get the photos and negatives scanned from Dale Labs Florida. In that time, I looked at online photos by other photographers at the same event and those other photographer''s photos were a bit overexposed and dull. When I got back my photos, both Royal Gold and Fuji Reala pics were amazing!! They looked exactly how I remembered the scene. On Kodak paper, the Royal Gold photos appeared to be slightly sharper and punchy. When viewing the scanned images and blowing them up 20x it''s very difficult to decide which is better. Reala had a bit more gradation from white to black and Royal Gold had more contrast. Winner goes to Kodak Royal Gold but I wouldn''t mind using Fuji Reala either since both get high marks in my book.

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Kodak Gold 100, Kodak Portra 160 NC & VC, Fuji Reala, Fuji 160 NPS & NPC

Relatively fine grain

Muddy, dull colour. Not as sharp as Fuji Superia 100. Exceptionally poor colour. More expensive than most other similar films. Very difficult to get a quality print from this so-called high end film.

Waste of money, pure and simple. This film seems to require a custom lab. DO NOT BUY THIS FILM if you plan on processing it anywhere but a pro lab. I would buy this film again only if there was no other choice.

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Fuji Superia 100, Fuji Superia Reala 100.

Incredibly real-looking prints -- natural colors and an almost three-dimensional feel.

A little on the slow side -- bring your tripod if you stray out of the sunlight. Also a bit expensive.

I'd used Superia for a while before trying this -- I had no idea what a difference I'd see. While the colors aren't as intense as the Superia, they look far more *real*, and the prints come out so sharp it's incredible. The only minor complaint I may have is that in some shots the greens looked a little faded, but that may well be due to slight overexposure. Overall, this is currently my favorite film for landscapes. We'll see if the Reala can match it. :-)

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Kodak Gold 100, Fuji Superia 100

Good color reprodoction

Slow

This film produces too much saturation,although on some shots that is desired

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Good skin tones, good overall color saturation. A perfectly adequate 100 speed film.

Overpriced.

I read some of the other reviews and wondered if some of the reviewers weren't confusing this with regular Kodak Gold 100. Royal Gold 100 is an excellent film, but not one I use very often. I tried it, and liked it, but not enough to switch from Fuji Reala. It is a matter of personal taste I suppose, because I don't find any fault with it in particular except that I think it is overpriced.

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