Fuji 400 what is it? Ultramax 400?

Helge · Oct 22, 2023

Couldn’t find any topic on this.

Obviously coated by Kodak. But with what emulsion?
Been long since Kodak made a 400 speed emulsion other than Portra 400 and Ultramax.
This video makes it seem as though it is definitely not Ultramax.

dokko · Oct 22, 2023

I don't have first hand info, but that youtube video seems like a rather crude comparison to me - why go through all this trouble and then use a different lens for the different shots, which will add another uncontrolled factor?

this comparison seems more useful to me:

Fujifilm 400 (made in the USA) vs. Kodak Ultramax 400 - The Same, or Different...?

I can't help but arrive at these two film stocks appearing so close in results that I might as well think of them as interchangeable.

www.35mmc.com

the odd thing is that visually they look very similar, the data sheets are quite different, but people in the comments report that the DX code on the fuji 400 is the same as on the kodak 400.

brbo · Oct 22, 2023

One would expect that there would be enough time in a 10m video to show 2 negatives side-by-side on a light table for a second or two...

Helge · Oct 22, 2023

brbo said:
One would expect that there would be enough time in a 10m video to show 2 negatives side-by-side on a light table for a second or two...

I think that is the least of his problems. Seeing the other compare here it clearly is Ultramax.
There is some kind of strong warming filter on the Superia.

CMoore · Oct 22, 2023

Has there always been that type of connection between Fuji and Kodak.?

MattKing · Oct 22, 2023

CMoore said:
Has there always been that type of connection between Fuji and Kodak.?

Never - until extremely recently.
In fact, there was a fair amount of animosity between them at various times through film's heyday.

cmacd123 · Oct 23, 2023

MattKing said:
Never - until extremely recently.
In fact, there was a fair amount of animosity between them at various times through film's heyday.

Kodak and Fuji were fighting tooth and nail in the Movie business. Both firrms had a new line of Movie stocka about every two years. (which is why the current Kodak Movie line is called Vision 3 ) {after vision 2 and Vision and EXP}
Fuji even managed to be the official Still film of the LA Olympics which is on Kodak's Home turf.

Fuji 400 what is it? Ultramax 400?

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