Kodak Royal Gold ISO 100 Print Film

Kodak Royal Gold ISO 100 Print Film 

USER REVIEWS

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[Apr 04, 2000]
William Nguyen
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Royal Gold ISO 100

Strength:

Kind of cheap. Can buy 4-roll box for only $5 at local stores. OK for landscape.

Weakness:

Bad skin stone. Comes out too dark and yellow.

Don't use this film for people, especially Asians.

Customer Service

Don't have chance to know.

Similar Products Used:

Fuji NPS160, Reala 100

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RATING
2
VALUE
RATING
4
[Apr 04, 2000]
Johnny Boy
Casual
Model Reviewed: Royal Gold ISO 100

Strength:

Excellent film

Weakness:

Good film but not as good as Kodak Royal Gold 25

It is an excellent film, fine grain and sharp. It is very good specially on a sunny day.

Customer Service

Never try

Similar Products Used:

Fuji, Agfa, Mitsubishi, Konica.

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RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Feb 09, 2000]
Marco Navarro
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Royal Gold ISO 100

Strength:

excellent for daylight/long exposure work

Weakness:

it's not Ektar 25 =(

Great stuff, crisp, clear colors, excellent grain, decent exposure latitude... it's just the fact that it's not Ektar 25 that still bugs me. (now that stuff was unbeatable!)

Customer Service

n/a

Similar Products Used:

you name it, i've tried it...

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Sep 12, 2000]
Kalmus Jeff
Expert

Strength:

Nice color reproduction, excellent contrast range. Availability, you should be able to find it at the local grocery store.

Weakness:

Dosn't seem to hold the contrast range if more than slightly underexposed. Could be priced a little lower.

If you have the light to shoot 100 asa this is a great stock. Once
I timed my prints the color repoduction was excellent and the blacks were smooth and rich. Colors are much more natural than the standard Gold 100 stock.

Customer Service

Go ahead and TRY to stump them.

Similar Products Used:

Gold 100, Superia 100

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
3
[Oct 06, 2000]
Randy Rexroth
Intermediate

Strength:

Very Sharp. Realistic, natural colors. Enlarges well. 11x14 with NO noticeable grain. Easily accessable-can be found almost anywhere film can be purchased. Very good all-round results.

Weakness:

Relatively high priced. Be careful where you get film processed. Not all developers are created equal.

I have tried many other 100 & 200 speed films and always find myself returning to Royal Gold 100. I have been very pleased with the color reproduction and grain structure. Simply put, it is a very good all-round film that doesn't require special handling. Produces superb everyday "snapshots" and allows for high quality, grainless enlargements when you capture those "special" shots. A great every-day film to keep in the camera. If needed, this film"pushes" very well.

Customer Service

Never needed

Similar Products Used:

Most consumer grade 100 & 200 speed films

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RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
[Nov 06, 2000]
jason lyman
Beginner

Strength:

Very sharp for a 100 ISO. Excellent with skin tones. Wonderful for portraits and other shots where subject or composition is most important.

Weakness:

Colors seem a little dull and lifeless compared to other films I've tried.

After shooting about 5 rolls of this film, it has become my film of choice for outdoor portraits. Sharp portraits, with flattering skin tones. Colors aren't the best I've encountered, very understated greens and yellows. That aside, it achieves the best detail I've seen, without any visible grain.

For overall, everyday use, I can think of three films I'd rather use. For outdoor, enviormental portraits, I always have a roll on me.

Customer Service

N/A

Similar Products Used:

Fuji Reala 100
Agfa Ultra 50
Fuji NPS 160

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Dec 12, 2000]
Nandou
Intermediate

Strength:

Excellent color, sharpness.

Weakness:

a little pricey.

I'm suprised by some bad reviews on this film. Are we talking about the same thing?
I heard too many complains about a product, but due to not appropriate usage. One cannot simply put 'slow' speed as a weakness. My experience on this film tells me it's an excellent film, probably one of the best among all consumer 100 ISO color films. Comparied to old Gold 100, it's sharper, slightly more saturate. It would be my choice of 100 ISO if the price is lower.

Customer Service

never used.

Similar Products Used:

All color print films.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
[Dec 20, 2000]
iggy pop
Intermediate

Strength:

fine grain
'accurate' colors

Weakness:

low saturation
feels bland

I get this in the 3gold+1royal gold pack. The film is sharp and fine grained, no doubt, but people like some more punchy colors. For scanning, this film is great, but I still need to punch up the colors. Like the previous post, I would try Superia 100 for finer grain than gold 100 (normal), but with more punch (different sat. colors than gold, though). I am getting somewhat fustrated with Kodak- I like their print films, but wish they had a 100 that had the colors of gold, but the sharpness of royal gold. Even royal gold 400 is a little less saturated than I like. Heck, maybe I need new glasses- with a Zeiss lens+coating, no less. :) (for real, they make them)

Similar Products Used:

yada

OVERALL
RATING
3
VALUE
RATING
4
[Dec 20, 2000]
Roger Rowlett
Expert

Strength:

Reliable
Available nearly anywhere in the USA
Fine grain, enlarges well

Weakness:

Color saturation nothing special
More expensive than Fuji Superia 100

I have probably shot more rolls of Royal Gold 100 than any other print film. In a nutshell, it is a highly reliable, plain vanilla color film that has fine grain and enlarges well. No garish colors here. You get a pretty realistic representation of what you see for landscape photographs. You can get this film just about anywhere in the USA, but I had trouble finding it in England, where only the regular Gold film seems to rule.

BTW, DO NOT CONFUSE this film for the regular Gold 100 film. There is a noticeable improvement in grain with the Royal Gold 100, well worth the extra cost if you are considering making enlargements. These same comments also apply to the ISO 400 films of the same name. Quite frankly, there is very little difference in grain between the ISO 100 and ISO 400 Royal Gold filmes, but the ISO 400 is a significantly more blotchy in areas of monochromatic color. You will definitely notice this in enlargements: skies are almost a smooth blue in ISO 100, but subtly "speckled" in ISO 400.

I should probably save some money and buy Superia 100, but Royal Gold 100 is a reliable old friend. Even if it is not your favorite consumer print film, it can be trusted in a pinch.

Customer Service

Not used

Similar Products Used:

Kodak Gold 100
Fuji Superia 100

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Jan 20, 2001]
S. Thomas Lewis
Expert

Strength:

The T-grain technology make this one of the sharpest 35mm films with smooth tonality and good flesh tones. Also good for scenics.
This film has both accurate and well saturated colors. I often use this for portraiture as well as Portra. Scans well to a Picture CD

Weakness:

Harder to find than Royal Gold 200

Excellent film for all purposes.

Customer Service

OK

Similar Products Used:

RoyalGold 200, 400, Gold 100, 200, 400, Superia, Reala, NPS, NPH, Supra

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
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