Do you have a favorite color film?

trondsi · Jul 20, 2015

I experiment with different films (whatever remains) but my favorite is Provia. I have preferred slide film for a good while, and Provia handles both skin tones and landscapes well in my opinion.

For negatives I really like Ektar though, and I have to admit that some of the best shots of my wife (apart from Provia) are on Portra film. So varying things a bit helps to keep things fresh. Still, Provia is my go-to film.

What about you?

mooseontheloose · Jul 20, 2015

Provia 400X. Still shooting it while I can.

MattKing · Jul 20, 2015

Ektachrome E100GX (sigh)
Portra 160 and Portra 400

wildbill · Jul 20, 2015

velvia. I've got a few hundred sheets in the freezer. Goes well with my drum scanner. Sue me.

trondsi · Jul 21, 2015

wildbill said:
velvia. I've got a few hundred sheets in the freezer. Goes well with my drum scanner. Sue me.

velvia is a favorite of many. I am currently shooting velvia 100 on my Crown Graphic.

fdonadio · Jul 21, 2015

wildbill said:
Sue me.

If I sue you and win, can I have all that film AND the scanner?

Flavio

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Roger Cole · Jul 21, 2015

mooseontheloose said:
Provia 400X. Still shooting it while I can.

MattKing said:
Ektachrome E100GX (sigh)
Portra 160 and Portra 400

I've got a whole list of gone or soon to be gone favorites:

E6:

Astia
Ektachrome 100G
Provia 400X

C41:

Agfa Ultra 50
Agfa Portrait 160

Those two were opposite ends of the saturation scale and I miss both as there is nothing like either anymore, nothing as saturated as Ultra 50, even Ektar (think a negative version of Velvia only maybe more so) and nothing as pastel as Portrait 160. To quote the immortal Pepe LePew, LeSigh.

In current films it's Provia 100F for E6 (because that's all there really is aside from Velvia which I've never really been able to get along with - oh there's the Witnerchrome and variously branded versions but it's not common and reports are mixed both about how it works and whether it may continue to be available) and in C41 Ektar for saturation and Portra 400 for general use, Portra 800 for the speed. All those - Provia 100F, Ektar and both Portras, are among the best color films ever, but the field sure is limited these days.

Sirius Glass · Jul 21, 2015

Kodak Portra Ultra Color 400
Kodak Portra Vivid Color 400
Kodak Portra Vivid Color 160
Kodak Portra Normal Color 400
Kodak Portra 160
Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 800

faustotesta · Jul 21, 2015

Agfa Ultra 50 was my favourite film in my previous life
Nowadays i use Ektar only. I loved Fuji reala, but it's no longer available in 35mm.
THe day ektar will cease producing ektar i'll shoot BW only

tim_walls · Jul 21, 2015

Ektachrome E100VS

Roger Cole · Jul 21, 2015

tim_walls said:
Ektachrome E100VS

For whatever reason I always seemed to get along better with it than with Velvia. You and I are in an apparent minority, though.

BradleyK · Jul 21, 2015

Depending upon what I happen to be shooting, the choices are E100G (currently down to 92 rolls of 35mm and 96 rolls in 120) and E100VS (only 30 rolls in 35mm remaining in my freezer).

Nodda Duma · Jul 21, 2015

I have tried out Ektar 100 and Fuji Superia 200 recently. To me Fuji Superia 200 has richer, more saturated colors for outdoor work and skin tone is somewhere between Ektar and Portra. Especially as it looks on a print..even when it's not Fuji crystal Archive paper.

So for me the choice is Fuji Superia 200 for color negative film. The bonus is that I can buy it fresh at Walmart.

For slide film I used to love Provia 400F (shot my last roll earlier this year) but I'm trying out Velvia 50 in my Stereo Realist...the only thing I really shoot slide film for these days since I'm working on making (color and B&W) prints in the darkroom.

MattKrull · Jul 21, 2015

Nodda Duma said:
I have tried out Ektar 100 and Fuji Superia 200 recently. To me Fuji Superia 200 has richer, more saturated colors for outdoor work and skin tone is somewhere between Ektar and Portra. Especially as it looks on a print..even when it's not Fuji crystal Archive paper.

I have similar tastes. Porta 400 for portraits and more mellow photos. Superia 200 for when I want bright colours.

GarageBoy · Jul 21, 2015

Provia 400X for now- I'm in infatuated with its color palette- besides portraits- what else should I be shooting with it that looks good?
E100VS and E100G and E100GX- loved VS and GX- VS is the colors of summer to me (along with Kodak Gold) - should shoot through them before they get too color shifted (got a few rolls from 2013)

I sorta liked Velvia 100F- green grass with brownstones made for an interesting slide

edp · Jul 21, 2015

E100GX was perfect.

MattKing · Jul 21, 2015

edp said:
E100GX was perfect.

+1

Europan · Jul 21, 2015

Kodachrome II

benjiboy · Jul 21, 2015

Of the currently available ones Kodak Portra 160 and 400 for negs. and Fuji Provia 100F for slides.

tim_walls · Jul 21, 2015

Roger Cole said:
For whatever reason I always seemed to get along better with it than with Velvia. You and I are in an apparent minority, though.

Velvia turns the world green... E100vs was just glorious throughout the spectrum.

cl3mens · Jul 21, 2015

If I had to choose just one for the rest of my life? The original Agfa CT Precisa 100. Great both in C41 and E6. Of the current ones I guess I would have to say Portra 400. But it is not my favorite right now.

I have say that I like both Fujicolor C200 and Kodak Colorplus 200 for their "less than perfect" rendering of a scene (which is perfect to me). It is not too sterile and it gives me what I want in a color film. I like the warmer colors and slight grain I get. They would be lovely in 120 as well. When I do use color film in MF and LF it tends to be old E6 films or Portra of some kind.

Roger Cole · Jul 21, 2015

Some of the above are consumer C41 films only available in 35mm. While that's fine if that's what you shoot I shoot C41 almost exclusively in 120 so I don't have those options.

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Rick A · Jul 21, 2015

I like green, mostly I like grey. I hate it when my film goes clear though.

trondsi · Jul 21, 2015

I can't fault people for using their stock pile of their favorite film, but I also think it's important to support the films that are still produced. I hated it when Astia was discontinued, but after grumbling about it for a good while I realized that Provia 100f with a filter that has a slightly warming effect more or less brings a similar look. I also found that my Rolleiflex produces very nice pictures with Provia, even without any filter. I am also trying to learn to use Velvia. I'll keep buying Fuji slide film for as long as it's available.

BradleyK · Jul 21, 2015

trondsi said:
I can't fault people for using their stock pile of their favorite film, but I also think it's important to support the films that are still produced. I hated it when Astia was discontinued, but after grumbling about it for a good while I realized that Provia 100f with a filter that has a slightly warming effect more or less brings a similar look. I also found that my Rolleiflex produces very nice pictures with Provia, even without any filter. I am also trying to learn to use Velvia. I'll keep buying Fuji slide film for as long as it's available.

Most likely E100G will morph into Provia 100, and E100VS will become Velvia 50... lol

I, too, will be shooting reversal film until the day it is no longer available.

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