Konica SXG 100

[Ten301]

Does anyone remember this film from Konica or know anything about it? There’s some online that’s said to have held up well, but it seems like this one is a big mystery. I think of myself as a bit of an emulsion history buff, but this one escaped me.

 

[Down Under]

I recall it was an ancient (ca early 2000s) color negative film. Consumer film from Japan. Some info about it online. Many such brands were around at the time, now all gone the way of the dodo.

Back then I was changing from E6 to C41 emulsions and I used some of it, like most Konica films of that long ago era it looked to be quite sharp with Technicolor-like contrast, eye-popping greens and reds to enhance landscapes and skin tones, as we liked our pictures back then. Otherwise nothing special.

It's now sufficiently old that it may be what we used to call 'fried' - useless for good images.

My two cents on this. If you just want to play and be creative with it - and if the price is low enough - go for it. Otherwise, stay with more recent emulsions.

 

[foc]

Konica made some good films. This one may have age against it as it will be around 20 years old.
By all means give it a try.
IIRC some people used to complain that Konica gave a cold colour cast to their films. Personally, I don't believe this as I printed many Konica films back in the day and their colour rendition was good, in fact they always remained me of Kodak.

 

[btaylor]

It was my primary color negative 35mm film back in the ‘80s. I liked it quite a bit. Raw stock 20 years later... that’s an unknown.

 

[Ten301]

Thank you all for your responses. Much appreciated!

 

[craigclu]

I used some of it sporadically. It surprised me at how well it handled outdoor scenes and recall going to a large outdoor car show with a camera already loaded with some and it was perfect for that duty and I couldn't ask for better results.