Could I make faux "slides" with FPP Blue Ultra?

[BHuij]

FPP sells some interesting and niche films that Mike Raso has sourced over the years. This one caught my eye today.

Apparently it's a film originally designed for making prints from motion picture negatives. That explains the ultra low ISO and the strong blue cast (I assume that's to counteract the orange film base on Vision3 and similar cine films).

Would it be feasible then to contact print some of my negatives shot on Vision3 250D onto this? I have an RGB light source in my enlarger, so I could probably color balance pretty effectively. The hope would be to end up with something that looks very similar to color slide film, though perhaps with a bit more latitude than I can get out of something like Ektachrome, and maybe less punchy colors.

 

[AnselMortensen]

That sounds similar to Kodak's Vericolor Slide Film 5072, a slow, tungsten-balanced (there's your blue cast) C-41 film...used for making slides from color negatives.
It was also useful for 'title slides' ...white text against a colored background..(which went away when PowerPoint became a thing).

 

[Don_ih]

Would it be feasible then to contact print some of my negatives shot on Vision3 250D onto this?

Yes. But that's a pain in the butt. I would suggest loading it into a camera and using a copy setup (macro lens or bellows) with a tungsten light source backlighting your negatives. Contact printing 35mm film, you will find, is a great way to waste unexposed film.

 

[BHuij]

Good point - duplicating rather than attempting to contact print without "proper" equipment for the job does sound like a better option. Should be easy to do with my 50mm f/3.5 macro.

Might give it a shot sometime.

 

[Don_ih]

It also gives you the opportunity to try different filtration for every attempt in a single strip of film (useful as long as you note what filters you use per shot).