What distinct colour film 'looks' have we lost?

[macfred]

Ektar 125 (5101) - one of my favorite color negative films in it's time ...

Wanderlust by Andreas, on Flickr

 

[RattyMouse]

Astia 100F- THE most beautiful color slide film I've ever laid eyes on.
Reala 100- THE most beautiful color negative film I've ever laid eyes on.

Such a horrible, horrible loss.

 

[foc]

Interesting, do you know when it was discontinued?

Agfachrome CT18 , (AP41 or similar process) was discontinued around 1984 when Agfa changed to E6 process transparency film. The CT18 film had a very distinct look. I shot a lot of it in the late 1970's.

Agfacolor CNS colour negative film also had it's own unique look but that charged when Agfa went with C41 in the late 1970's.I must admit I wasn't a great fan of their C41 films (when compared to Kodak or Fuji)

Agfa VarioXL chromogenic C41 B&W film was different to the Ilford XP1, but it appeared short lived.

 

[Wayne]

Zubachrome 150

 

[Born2Late]

PolaChrome.

It was fun, wasn't it? I have some rolls squirreled away, but I'll never use it. Just a keepsake from better days.

 

[removed account4]

any polaroid chrome product #59 film, polychrome too
but i only likedthem because they looked fake and unreal
like a kandinsky or worhol painting

 

[halfaman]

Reala 100- THE most beautiful color negative film I've ever laid eyes on.

I lalso like it but only for landscapes on sunny days, it gave such vibrant and beautiful greens like no other film I remeber. Some examples done with a Mamiya RZ67 ProII:

 

[RattyMouse]

I lalso like it but only for landscapes on sunny days, it gave such vibrant and beautiful greens like no other film I remeber. Some examples done with a Mamiya RZ67 ProII:

Yep, those photos have the classic Reala look. Outstanding images, although seeing them makes me more than a little sad. If I could have ONE film back, it would be Reala. I have 5 rolls in the freezer but I have no idea how I want to use them. Kodak never had a film that could come close to the beautiful color of Reala. I wish they did so there were at least one substitute.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Agfachrome CT18 , (AP41 or similar process) was discontinued around 1984 when Agfa changed to E6 process transparency film. The CT18 film had a very distinct look. I shot a lot of it in the late 1970's.

Agfacolor CNS colour negative film also had it's own unique look but that charged when Agfa went with C41 in the late 1970's.I must admit I wasn't a great fan of their C41 films (when compared to Kodak or Fuji)

Agfa VarioXL chromogenic C41 B&W film was different to the Ilford XP1, but it appeared short lived.

Thanks, the last I used it was in Switzerland during the winter of '83-'84 so my memory matches that perfectly. Their E6 films had a somewhat similar look, I preferred CT 18 to any other film at that time. Including Kodachrome, which was a close second. The look of the CT 18 matched my memory the closest, also since it was sold with processing I would send off the film as I used it, by the time I got home there were usually some rolls of processed slides awaiting me.

 

[pentaxuser]

The original Agfa Vista C41 film gave a slightly less saturated and more neutral look which I liked more than say Fuji Superia. It seemed particularly good for wildlife shots. If I have to make a comparison, it was similar to the difference between Kodak De-Luxe and Technicolor

Most "Westerns" of the late 50s/early 60s were Technicolor but interestingly "The Magnificent Seven ", I think, was by De-Luxe. When you see it, it has to my eye a cooler, less saturated look which was excellent.

I have just tried to check that "The Magnificent Seven" was indeed by De-Luxe and annoyingly found it impossible.

pentaxuser

 

[iandvaag]

Did anyone here ever shoot that Konica 3200 film? I understand it was something of a class of its own.

 

[macfred]

FUJI Superia Xtra 400 - 120 is gone - great film for the money - liked it a lot (rated @ISO200) :

under construction by Andreas, on Flickr

under construction - 2 by Andreas, on Flickr

 

[Theo Sulphate]

... it gave such vibrant and beautiful greens like no other film ...

You're right - that's beautiful. Sad to see these films be discontinued.

 

[macfred]

Not to forget the Kodak Ektachrome Elite 100 (5045) ...

untitled by Andreas, on Flickr

Alpe d'Huez (TDF 1994) by Andreas, on Flickr

 

[E. von Hoegh]

The original Agfa Vista C41 film gave a slightly less saturated and more neutral look which I liked more than say Fuji Superia. It seemed particularly good for wildlife shots. If I have to make a comparison, it was similar to the difference between Kodak De-Luxe and Technicolor

Most "Westerns" of the late 50s/early 60s were Technicolor but interestingly "The Magnificent Seven ", I think, was by De-Luxe. When you see it, it has to my eye a cooler, less saturated look which was excellent.

I have just tried to check that "The Magnificent Seven" was indeed by De-Luxe and annoyingly found it impossible.

pentaxuser

IMDB says "DeLuxe".

 

[RattyMouse]

FUJI Superia Xtra 400 - 120 is gone - great film for the money - liked it a lot (rated @ISO200) :

under construction by Andreas, on Flickr

under construction - 2 by Andreas, on Flickr

Those are gorgeous photographs, shot on a gorgeous film.

 

[pentaxuser]

IMDB says "DeLuxe".

Thanks I was fairly sure it was DeLuxe but not being able to find the information on Google was frustrating. I had always thought that DeLuxe was Kodak but it appears not. I am not sure who made Deluxe now. I had seen the film originally in the cinema in the U.K. in 1961 and the difference in colour had not struck me but at the time I was more interested in the story and was certainly not a photographer. When I saw it for the second time on TV many years later, the change from watching the "great outdoors" in other Westerns taken in Technicolor started to be apparent and I much preferred it.

pentaxuser

 

[macfred]

Those are gorgeous photographs, shot on a gorgeous film.

Thank you, Mr. Mouse ! Unfortunately there are only 3 rolls left in the freezer ...

 

[keenmaster486]

A few I can think of:

Kodachrome, but the very early stuff, when Kodak processed it exclusively in-house.

Early Kodacolor

Autochrome and variants

 

[Slixtiesix]

Astia

 

[Europan]

3-strip Technicolor

 

[Minoltafan2904]

Agfachrome RS 1000, i have some slides from my father of some windsurfers where he used it clearly to get a high enough shutter speed.
Grainy, but for the time pretty ok, i quite like it to be honest.
Then i also have some 700 K25 and K64 slides from 1985 from my father too, being Kodachromes they are not faded one bit and are still colourful and sharp and have the beautiful but realistic tones, hail the king of color films!

 

[trendland]

So I'm speaking about very distinct looks. Of course every colour film is unique to some extent, but I'm meaning entire categories of looks, for example:

Contrasty & Saturated: Ektar, Velvia, etc
Low contrast/Portraiture/Weddings: Portra, 400H, etc
Relatively neutral between the two above: Gold, Superia, etc
Kodachrome.

Is there any category of looks I've missed, either that still exist or more of interest to me, don't anymore?

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So I'm speaking about very distinct looks. Of course every colour film is unique to some extent, but I'm meaning entire categories of looks, for example:

Contrasty & Saturated: Ektar, Velvia, etc
Low contrast/Portraiture/Weddings: Portra, 400H, etc
Relatively neutral between the two above: Gold, Superia, etc
Kodachrome.

Is there any category of looks I've missed, either that still exist or more of interest to me, don't anymore?

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[darkosaric]

Polaroid Time-Zero.

 

[EdSawyer]

Konica 3200: I don't recall shooting any but I think I have some lying around in the freezer. I shot Gold 1600 multiple times, it left a lot to be desired...

Agfa Portrait XPS 160 had a nice look too. And I loved Ektar 25 (aka Royal Gold 25) back in the day. Ektar 100 is a decent modern replacement but there is something still better I think about the Ektar 25.