Kodak SUPRA 800 Film Print Film
Kodak SUPRA 800 Film Print Film
USER REVIEWS
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[Jun 16, 2005]
RRoss
Intermediate
Strength:
Fast speed.
Weakness:
Exceptionally ugly and obvious grain. Unnatural colour. I decided to use this film for some natural light interior shots, a fairly demanding situation. I carefully spot metered and used a very fast lens (Nikon 50 f1.2 and 85 f1.4). The results were very poor. So disappointing that I wondered if there was a camera fault (there wasn't!) The colour is false and unbalanced but the worst feature of this film is the very pronounced and ugly graininess. Similar Products Used: Fast films from Fuji, Konica (excellent!) and Ilford (B&W) |
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[Aug 05, 2003]
amd2165
Professional
Strength:
brand name
Weakness:
too pricey grainy blurred not true colors I've been using Kodak film for years and deemed it satisfactory but a bit pricey! I've just discovered Polaroid 800 ISO film at WalMart. I purchased a 4 roll for less than $7 at which time I learned this Polaroid film was made by Agfa now. Comparing side by side, the Polaroid photos blew away Kodak. When comparing quality, Kodak was grainy, a little blurred and the color was not as true and vivid. I will definitely purchase the Polaroid going forward since the price is much less and the quality if better! Similar Products Used: Polaroid 800 ISO made by Agfa Kodak Max Fuji Agfa Vista Color 400 |
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[Jul 07, 2003]
Oswald
Intermediate
Strength:
Colours are not faulty. When slightly overexposed the image is more tolerable.
Weakness:
Old technology grain. Do not choose for crops and enlargements. I shot 5 rolls of this. I was not pleased to find how much grain it gave when it counted. To give you an idea, at 9x6 the grain could be as obvious as Royal Gold 100 at 24x16. That is a very poor performance for a newer film I think. I shot a lot of sports photos, but a few more static photos and they all had the same flaws wherever they were developed. All of this out of a segment metering producing reliable shutter speeds. This Supra is supposed to have a wide exposure latitude but cannot produce good prints at its native exposure, apparently. For me Supra 800 was reminiscent of the bad old Kodak Zoom 800 of 2000. Supra 800 is suspiciously cheap in EU and I feel it has corners cut. Customer Service Kodak contrive to omit grain index of Supra 800 on their datasheet. Enough said. Similar Products Used: Fuji & Kodak 800-1600 consumer films. |
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[Feb 22, 2003]
boon
Intermediate
Strength:
cheap, easily found in most shops, nice colour saturation if enough light and picture is not highly contrasted.
Weakness:
poor to very poor grain if under exposed by more than 1 stop. Low dynamic range. Grain seen even with correct exposure. Fuji 800 is superior in all sense. Kodak supra 800 Similar Products Used: Fuji press 800 |
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[May 11, 2002]
ny44
Casual
Strength:
No grain. But I am using 4 X 6. I almost never enlarge photos anyway.
Weakness:
Failed in my low-light tulip shot at dusk. 800 iso with no flash, pictures turned out bad. Color was boring. But maybe it''s my fault It''s spring time so I took a lot of tulip photographs. The color is simply amazing. Very good color saturation. Red, green, orange, yellow turned out very nice. Customer Service None Similar Products Used: Reala, NPH 400, HDC+, Superia 100, Superia 400 |
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[Apr 16, 2002]
genkor
Intermediate
Strength:
Speed, color
Weakness:
Grain, sharpness I was very happy with this film for a while. The grain and the sharpness were bothering me, but colors were OK and I thought it''s a good compromise for such speed. It was until I tried Fuji Press 800. I was shocked by the difference. The grain, sharpness, colors, everything was superior to Kodak. Yes, Supra 800 is a quite good film, but it performs poor, when comparing to the same speed professional films produced by Fuji. Similar Products Used: Fuji Press 800 |
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[Jan 04, 2002]
Jim C
Intermediate
Strength:
Color with out being cruel to skin tones and blemishes. Less than exspected grain for it''s speed.
Weakness:
That only really fancy camera shops carry it. Sure wish Ritz camera carried it. This was my first experience with a 800 speed film. I am very surprised at how well this film looked. I love supra at 100 speed so I had high hopes for it at 800. Yes it has grain past a 5x7, about 25% more than Fuji HPH. To me it''s in between Porta NC & VC in terms of contrast. Next up to try is Fuji NPZ Customer Service N/A Similar Products Used: First 800 film speed film I''ve shot. |
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[Jul 03, 2000]
Todd Hester
Professional
Model Reviewed:
SUPRA 800 Film
Strength:
Very forgiving exposure band, very fine grain, resonable price, good under mixed lighting.
Weakness:
None I shoot cage fights all around the world, from Russian to Japan, for publication in the magazine Martial Arts Legends Presents Grappling, which I am also the editor of. The lighting conditions at cage fights can be artificial or natural, range from very bright to very dim, and include two or three different types of light sources. Plus, since the fights typically move from location to location, I never know what the lighting conditions are going to be in advance. With this film, the layout artists can blow up a photo or a negative to a double-spread lead, and still get relatively fine grain. Even when shooting without a flash (which I typically do) I can overexpose by 1 or 2 stops to bring out facial features, and still not get any noticible grain. This is a great film to take when you don't know the conditions you'll be shooting in, or when you expect them to be bad. It is especially good for sports that don't allow the use of a flash. Similar Products Used: Fuji 800, PJ800 |
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[Jun 14, 2000]
Steve Lutz
Intermediate
Model Reviewed:
SUPRA 800 Film
Strength:
Excellent grain and color saturation. Very good and natural skin tones, even with flash. Cheaper than Portra and not that much more expensive than Max Zoom 800. $5.25 for Supra 800 (36 exposures), v. $4.5 for Max Zoom 800 (24 exposures)
Weakness:
none This film is IMO the best of the 800 speed films, with the possible exception of NPHII 800. Easily the best 800 speed film on a cost/benefit basis. It is not only fine grained, well saturated and sharp, but it prints on a regular Gold print channel so you can take it to Walgreens, etc. and get good prints. NPHII is excellent, but has to be printed by a minilab, and costs a lot more per roll. I think this is the best all-around 800 speed film out there right now. Customer Service Not used Similar Products Used: Kodak Max Zoom and Portra 800, Fuji Superia and NPHII 800 |
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[May 05, 2000]
Aaron Skelling
Intermediate
Model Reviewed:
SUPRA 800 Film
Strength:
Extremely fine grain.
Weakness:
None. This film is better than any other 800 film out there. It's better than most 400 films. It has the color saturation, sharpness, and resolution of 100 emulsions. Try this film and see how good high-speed film can be. I used to shoot with Fuji's professional print films. Kodak has taken it to the next level of sharpness and fine grain. You will not be disappointed. This film overcomes the grain and sharpness problems of Ektapress PJ800. It's an awesome film which I am tempted to use all the time, because I've finally found a fast film that's good enough. Customer Service N/A Similar Products Used: Fuji NPS 160, NPH 400, NHG II 800, Kodak Gold 100/400/800 Max, Royal Gold 100/200/400/1000, Kodak Pro 1000, Portra 160/4 |