Kodak Gold is ISO...

jd callow

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I know its a stupid question, but I loaded the stuff in the camera and didn't look. I seldom shoot 135, but needed something quick and easy to document the wreck I'm renting here on the Canadian Riviera. I assume its 100 (isn't it a consumer grade PRN?). It was one of the few rolls of c41 135 that I didn't mind wasting -- all the other colour 135 neg film was agfa ultra.
 

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Sorry John, there is a choice...

It's either 100 or 200.

Here's a link:

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=6995/1094&pq-locale=en_CA

Matt

P.S. It's actually quite good film, especially if you are relying on consumer photofinishing.
 
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Thanks Matt. I'll shoot as if it 100, bracket and should be fine (400 would have been a probem). I recall it bing very good film. Once upon a time it was my favorite for night shots.
 

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Do you have a vague memory of the other color beside yellow on the box? If red, then it's 100; if purple then it's 200.
 

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The Kodak Gold I use is 200. Good film, actually. I consider it to be a close second to the Fuji 200. Very smooth.
 
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jd callow

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Thank you everyone. When I'm done I may post some images so that see why I'm documenting...
 

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The Kodak Gold films belong to the category of amateur films and their real speed is higher than the nominal speed stated on the box, for Kodak Gold 100 it is about 160 or even more. Therefore they are very safe for "normal" shooting without observing exponometry rules (like shooting on the snow or in the fog without corresponding correction). It is because color negative films are very sensitive to underexposure but behave very well when overexposed (within reasonable limits, of course).
 

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dmr said:
The Kodak Gold I use is 200. Good film, actually. I consider it to be a close second to the Fuji 200. Very smooth.
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I'm with dmr on this one. Plus it can often be found at good price (Walgreen, etc) and it is quite forgiving.
 

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I find the current emulsion of Kodak Gold 100 to be somewhat ugly, especially when it's considering alongside the great deal of praise it typically elicits.
 

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Over the years, I've exposed film at the wrong speed for a variety of reasons I'll not get into here.

That said, overdoing color film by a stop or two really hurts nothing and if not grossly overexposed yields a rather nice image. It acts the opposite of B&W; that is, B&W overexposure makes a bunch of grain while underexposing color does the same.

As a matter of practice when using the old Kodak Vericolor and now Portra I typically shoot it at 80-100 ASA. Fuji gets treated as 100 speed.
 

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If you know it is either 100 or 200, I would bet your film is Gold 200. 100 speed is an extremely small market in the US and Canada.
 
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