Luminar 100 35mm film

[koraks]

What I really like about this film is it gives nice results, has very fine grain (can't fake that!) and is AVAILABLE!!! For a decent price.

Sounds like compelling reasons to give it a try!

 

[albada]

I've seen it claimed that Aerocolor has increased red saturation to counteract the haze typical with aerial photography. The B&H description also claims "its design also provides 30nm-longer red sensitivity than previous aerial films for increased haze penetration and foliage reproduction, as well as increased green saturation and lower D-min values for fast printing times." Saturation/color balance and wavelength sensitivity are different things, but they both may be formulated to counteract haze. I'm also curious about dynamic range for this film, since the Kodak data sheet mentions the "smaller range in subject luminance" in addition to "atmospheric haze conditions" typical of aerial photography.

The photos posted by @Huss have popping reds and muted blues. That's consistent with the claim above.
I remember that Konica VX film also had highly saturated reds, to the point of being annoying.

Mark

 

[Huss]

Ok, the one pic I took indoors. All the others were in glorious socal beach sunshine. Anyway, Pepe in window light. That blue is slightly mutes (but not by much) compared to the actual blanket, it's the reds that go poink!

 

[Huss]

 

[Huss]

Just shot some more. Does seem to have a peachy tone.

F6, 18-35G, Luminaire 100

 

[Huss]

 

[Huss]

F6, 18-35G, Luminaire 100

 

[Huss]

 

[rickylc]

Has anyone tried printing this? or just scans?

 

[Huss]

Has anyone tried printing this? or just scans?

Be the first to print directly from negative to paper! I scan, then print. Which of course is not the same.

 

[mtnbkr]

I'm 2/3 through a roll and will be sending it to The Darkroom for development. I always order prints. Though, with the crap weather coming up, I don't see me finishing this roll before the weekend, so it may be mid-May at best before I have prints in hand. :|

Chris

 

[brbo]

I'm 2/3 through a roll and will be sending it to The Darkroom for development. I always order prints.

And they make optical RA-4 prints directly from negatives? How much do you pay for that?

 

[koraks]

And they make optical RA-4 prints directly from negatives?

Surely not.

 

[mtnbkr]

And they make optical RA-4 prints directly from negatives? How much do you pay for that?

Surely not.

Per their website, they claim to make "genuine photo prints" "from negatives". I've also sent negatives to them for printing (no dev or scanning, just printing the supplied pre-developed negs).

Cost...
During development, prints are an additional $9 for 4x6 color prints on top of the negative developing fee. Printing of existing negatives starts at $1.50 per print and goes up from there.

Chris

 

[koraks]

Per their website, they claim to make "genuine photo prints" "from negatives".

In practice this means scan negative, then print onto RA4 paper. It's a genuine photo print (i.e. made on silver halide RA4 paper) made from a (scanned) negative. 100% honest, but maybe not quite what you imagined it to be.

Virtually nobody is commercially printing optical RA4's anymore, apart from a handful of artists and pro-printers catering exclusively for the high-end art/museum market.

Cost...
During development, prints are an additional $9 for 4x6 color prints

If that price is per individual print, it would approach a reasonable fee for a low-end/starving optical printer. If that's for an entire roll, then obviously these are not optical prints. Which they really aren't anyway, of course, and in many ways that is actually a good thing. RA4 paper is engineered for digital exposure; it simply gives the best results this way. Technical details are addressed elsewhere including on my blog

 

[brbo]

Per their website, they claim to make "genuine photo prints" "from negatives". I've also sent negatives to them for printing (no dev or scanning, just printing the supplied pre-developed negs).

Since they don't care whether you send them your film negatives or slides, you can be sure that they scan them first and then print from scans.

 

[Ten301]

I believe Blue Moon Camera in Portland, Oregon still makes optical prints.

 

[koraks]

It's not listed as a service in their website, though. Their color offering consists of minilab prints.

 

[Huss]

It's a shame Kodak just doesn't sell this per roll @ $10, but I guess when they are pushing Colorplus for $16/roll, they have no incentive.

 

[Huss]

F6, 18-35G, Luminaire 100