What color films to use for upcoming Michigan Fall colors

DF · Oct 19, 2022

John Wiegerink said:
I haven't used any Cinestill film at all. I'd like to see what you got from it.

Don't waste your time & $$ on Cinestill, especially for a trip up North. Stick with the basics - Kodak &/or Fuji.
Also, if you've never used a polarizer, now's the time. It's the absolute clincher in almost all outdoor color photography.

jimmelcher · Oct 19, 2022

Here are those promised results on Cinestill 400D, pushed to 1600. I fixed a few blemishes and adjusted exposures. I masked the sign in the first one, and the sky in the second, so they would not be affected by the exposure adjustment. I don't think I did anything to the third frame.

pkupcik · Oct 27, 2022

Another vote for Ektar, looks great with fall theme, but needs good light. I struggle converting to positive scanned Ektar shot in a shade, hard to get color balance right.

Alan Edward Klein · Oct 27, 2022

pkupcik said:
Another vote for Ektar, looks great with fall theme, but needs good light. I struggle converting to positive scanned Ektar shot in a shade, hard to get color balance right.

Maybe a warming filter when shooting in the shade like an 81B might help?

DF · Nov 6, 2022

jimmelcher said:
Here are those promised results on Cinestill 400D, pushed to 1600. I fixed a few blemishes and adjusted exposures. I masked the sign in the first one, and the sky in the second, so they would not be affected by the exposure adjustment. I don't think I did anything to the third frame.

These three photos shot with Cinestill? I can't believe it....!!

jimmelcher · Nov 6, 2022

I kid you not, DF. I play around with Kodak Vision 3 films, so these results did not surprise me.

blee1996 · Nov 6, 2022

I agree with @Alan Edward Klein that slide film works great for fall colors, and they look gorgeous on a light table. Also it is super easy to scan, and hardly any post processing or tweaking needed if the exposure is correct. These are from recent roll of Kodak Ektachrome E100G (expired but cold stored) of California fall colors.

Fall colors and blue sky - Ricohflex_Riconar_E100G2_001 by Zheng, on Flickr

Fall colors outside tea house - Ricohflex_Riconar_E100G2_007 by Zheng, on Flickr

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