120 Color film for street photography?

RattyMouse · Jul 29, 2012

If you wanted to shoot street photography in an dense urban area with color print film (in 120 format), what film would you choose?

munz6869 · Jul 29, 2012

Probably Kodak Portra 400 - giving you oodles of exposure tolerance, and colour that's not 'funny'...

Marc!

j-dogg · Jul 29, 2012

munz6869 said:
Probably Kodak Portra 400 - giving you oodles of exposure tolerance, and colour that's not 'funny'...

Marc!

Beat me to it.......this is my weapon of choice in an urban environment

Sometimes I also rock the 160vc Portra and in low light its Portra 800

Sirius Glass · Jul 29, 2012

Portra 400 at box speed.

F/1.4 · Jul 29, 2012

Portra 400 or bust. You can shoot it from ISO 400-50 with relative impunity and pushes up to 1600 remarkably.

CGW · Jul 29, 2012

With film back cameras, I like Fuji Reala in one for consistently bright scenes and Portra 400 in another for almost everything else.

RattyMouse · Jul 29, 2012

Thank you! I thought Porta would be the winner in this but at the same time, I thought Kodak Gold or Fuji's non professional film might eek out a victory.

Leighgion · Jul 29, 2012

You kind of specified 120 film, which kind of doesn't have consumer color film available for it anymore.

RattyMouse · Jul 29, 2012

Ah! I thought I saw some in the shop the other day. New old stock? Or maybe I didnt look close enough. I'll do so next time.

mhcfires · Jul 30, 2012

I found Ektar 100 in my Rollei 3.5 Automat worked well on a bright sunny day. Street shooting outside San Diego Comic Con:

Leighgion · Jul 30, 2012

You're in Shanghai, so yeah, it's possible you saw old stock of Fuji Superia. I think it was still being sold new in 120 format a few years ago and carried on in the Asian markets for longer.

I think I saw some in the Wukesong Market in Beijing, but I can't swear to it.

RattyMouse · Jul 30, 2012

Leighgion said:
You're in Shanghai, so yeah, it's possible you saw old stock of Fuji Superia. I think it was still being sold new in 120 format a few years ago and carried on in the Asian markets for longer.

I think I saw some in the Wukesong Market in Beijing, but I can't swear to it.

B & H has Reala in stock in 120 size. Isnt that a consumer grade film?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/18776-USA/Fujifilm_02300607_CS_120_Fujicolor_Reala.html

Leighgion · Jul 30, 2012

RattyMouse said:
B & H has Reala in stock in 120 size. Isnt that a consumer grade film?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/18776-USA/Fujifilm_02300607_CS_120_Fujicolor_Reala.html

Not exactly. Reala kind of occupies a murky territory in that it's clearly higher grade film, yet for some reason Fuji didn't go all out billing it as pro. There was much handwringing over its gradual discontinuation.

Araakii · Jul 30, 2012

I would use Reala 100 as well.

RattyMouse · Jul 30, 2012

Leighgion said:
Not exactly. Reala kind of occupies a murky territory in that it's clearly higher grade film, yet for some reason Fuji didn't go all out billing it as pro. There was much handwringing over its gradual discontinuation.

Reala is gone too? B & H is selling old stock?

Leighgion · Jul 30, 2012

RattyMouse said:
Reala is gone too? B & H is selling old stock?

Not gone, but notice B&H is only selling Reala in 120. It was discontinued in 35mm.

Tony-S · Jul 31, 2012

Leighgion said:
You kind of specified 120 film, which kind of doesn't have consumer color film available for it anymore.

I bought some Superia 400 just last week.*

perkeleellinen · Jul 31, 2012

120 Superia 400 is easy to obtain in the UK.

CGW · Jul 31, 2012

perkeleellinen said:
120 Superia 400 is easy to obtain in the UK.

Discussed in another recent thread. Superia 120 films aren't readily available in N. America. Never got any clue where U.S. Amazon customers' Superia 120 films were actually coming from.

Tony-S · Jul 31, 2012

CGW said:
Discussed in another recent thread. Superia 120 films aren't readily available in N. America. Never got any clue where U.S. Amazon customers' Superia 120 films were actually coming from.

Mine came from Atlanta.

CGW · Jul 31, 2012

Tony-S said:
Mine came from Atlanta.

Fine but I'm guessing it's a gray market import since Fuji USA and Canada don't seem to import it any longer. What's on the box?

Tony-S · Jul 31, 2012

Nothing informative, as far as I can tell.

TareqPhoto · Jul 31, 2012

I will choose Reala 100, then one of those Portra [160 or 400], Ektar after them, but i will be sad if that Reala will be gone too.

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