Has anyone used Lucky SuperColor 200?

[htmlguru4242]

I'm looking at some of this stuff on EBay. It's super cheap, so I might as well just pick it up anyways, but I wanted to see what people's experiences have been like.

How are the results? Is it what you'd expect from 2-buck-a-roll chinese film? Or does it surprise like SHD100 did?

 

[railwayman3]

I've used a few rolls of this film, quite OK as a general purpose film, equivalent to the consumer offerings from Kodak and Fuji. As with any color neg, much depends on the quality of the processing and printing.#

Lucky were in a joint venture with Kodak a few years ago, so no doubt the technology is similar to that of Kodak films of the time. (I have some o/d Kodak color neg which says "Made in China, finished and packed in Australia).

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Lucky_Film and links from there.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

It is a good film. It is also discontinued since September last year. So, don't get used to it: what you see selling is the last of it. But, it might last for some time.
BTW, China Lucky has said that B&W SHD100 is still in production, but it seems supplies are thin.

 

[madgardener]

Selections of color film are getting thin in general. Especially E6 offerings. Hopefully things will improve somewhat in the future, but somehow I doubt it.

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

It's not bad. I'd buy Kodak 200 or Fuji Superia over it any day.

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

I just looked at eBay for this stuff. That is not what I'd describe as super cheap.

 

[htmlguru4242]

It's less than $2/roll if you snag the right auction; maybe not super cheap, but certainly not bad.

Why is it that every time I want to use a new film, it gets discontinued?

 

[kevs]

<snip> Why is it that every time I want to use a new film, it gets discontinued?

Bad karma. You ran over a chicken in a former life.

 

[MartinP]

Bad karma. You ran over a chicken in a former life.

Wouldn't that be Korma? Chicken Korma?