What films did you shoot most recently? (Part 2)

Regular Rod · Apr 21, 2014

irvd2x said:
Processed some Fuji neg film, 100asa shot with my Olympus Trip 35.Last year,South Texas

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StoneNYC · Apr 21, 2014

irvd2x said:
Processed some Fuji neg film, 100asa shot with my Olympus Trip 35.Last year,South Texas

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Oh I like it

Kyle M. · Apr 21, 2014

In 120 some T-MAX 100
In 35mm Tri-X, Plus-X, and a roll of Eastman Double-X 5222.

ericdan · Apr 21, 2014

Just got six 5-packs of Provia 400X!
Also Tri-X 400 when doing B&W work.

irvd2x · Apr 21, 2014

Thanks Rod!

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Colonel Blimp · Apr 21, 2014

Fuji Acros 100 in 35mm. I love it.

TheFlyingCamera · Apr 21, 2014

I've got a half-dozen rolls of FP4+ in 120 loaded up into my Jobo to run tonight when I get home from work - they're an accumulation from the past several months. The very most recent was a roll of 120 Tri-X 400, and a pair of outdated (but surprisingly functional) Polaroid Type 79 sheet film prints in my Intro to Large Format class. The Type 79 is surprisingly viable considering it is almost a decade out-of-date. Color is not terribly consistent or reliable, but the chemical pods broke as expected and coated the film evenly.

TechnicalPan · Apr 21, 2014

I shoot my much loved stock of Technical Pan and Illford Pan F

pharmboycu · Apr 23, 2014

Hi everyone! Long time lurker, infrequent poster here. Had a great experience recently that fits this discussion well. I recently bit the bullet and bought the Nikon F6 with the 70-300 and 500 mm lenses. Shot my first roll of Ektachrome 100G two weekends ago and just got the slides back. I bought a brick of the 100G before discontinuation and two bricks of 100VS. Now I wish I'd bought more 100G. The blues of the sky are amazing and the colors seem, well, "right" to my amateur eyes. I think I like the 100G better than the 100VS.

Slightly off topic, but would any of our more well learned members possibly have a recommendation as to currently produced films that have a similar appearance? I like Ektar 100, and I might be wrong, but it seems slightly more saturated than 100G and slightly less saturated than 100VS. I wish I could compare it to the mythical Ektar 25, but I never got to use that film. I do have a couple of cold stored Ektar 1000 rolls but haven't found a use for them yet.

Anyway, thanks again for letting me be a part of the forum!

John

benjiboy · Apr 23, 2014

Kodak Portra 160

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Roger Cole · Apr 23, 2014

pharmboycu said:
Hi everyone! Long time lurker, infrequent poster here. Had a great experience recently that fits this discussion well. I recently bit the bullet and bought the Nikon F6 with the 70-300 and 500 mm lenses. Shot my first roll of Ektachrome 100G two weekends ago and just got the slides back. I bought a brick of the 100G before discontinuation and two bricks of 100VS. Now I wish I'd bought more 100G. The blues of the sky are amazing and the colors seem, well, "right" to my amateur eyes. I think I like the 100G better than the 100VS.

Slightly off topic, but would any of our more well learned members possibly have a recommendation as to currently produced films that have a similar appearance? I like Ektar 100, and I might be wrong, but it seems slightly more saturated than 100G and slightly less saturated than 100VS. I wish I could compare it to the mythical Ektar 25, but I never got to use that film. I do have a couple of cold stored Ektar 1000 rolls but haven't found a use for them yet.

Anyway, thanks again for letting me be a part of the forum!

John

Unfortunately, no. I liked E100G and it was my favorite slide film after Astia was discontinued. To some extent I then moved to Provia 400X which was mostly for the extra speed when needed but also is a bit more moderate in contrast but it, too, is now sadly discontinued.

EDIT: I see the recommendation for Portra 160 and if neg film is included, yeah, that's as close as neg film is going to get. But I would really only compare other slide film to E100G and there isn't anything really close.

I wonder if messing with the development of Provia 100 might move it closer, maybe expose a bit more and develop a bit less, but this is experimental territory.

Ricardo Miranda · Apr 23, 2014

There might be a closer alternative: Agfaphoto CT Precisa 100. It is an older version of Provia 100 (without the F).

Roger Cole · Apr 23, 2014

I can't really tell the difference between Precisa and Provia, except that Precisa is cheaper. I have some (about 10 rolls so far) in my freezer now.

ArtO · Apr 23, 2014

Some Portra 160 and 400 and Ektar 100. All 35mm.

StoneNYC · Apr 23, 2014

pharmboycu said:
Hi everyone! Long time lurker, infrequent poster here. Had a great experience recently that fits this discussion well. I recently bit the bullet and bought the Nikon F6 with the 70-300 and 500 mm lenses. Shot my first roll of Ektachrome 100G two weekends ago and just got the slides back. I bought a brick of the 100G before discontinuation and two bricks of 100VS. Now I wish I'd bought more 100G. The blues of the sky are amazing and the colors seem, well, "right" to my amateur eyes. I think I like the 100G better than the 100VS.

Slightly off topic, but would any of our more well learned members possibly have a recommendation as to currently produced films that have a similar appearance? I like Ektar 100, and I might be wrong, but it seems slightly more saturated than 100G and slightly less saturated than 100VS. I wish I could compare it to the mythical Ektar 25, but I never got to use that film. I do have a couple of cold stored Ektar 1000 rolls but haven't found a use for them yet.

Anyway, thanks again for letting me be a part of the forum!

John

Closest would be Fuji Provia100f

If you want even more saturated color, look to Fuji Velvia 100 or Velvia 50

NOT Velvia100f this is discontinued but a lot on the shelves and isn't as good (in my opinion).

DannL. · Apr 23, 2014

I'm now on a strict diet of hand-made Dry-plates. Commercially made films were giving me a bad case of "gas". No more of that silliness. And without the gas problem I can now afford the more exotic methods. Occasionally I'll sneak in a paper-negative or two just to add variety. Hand-coated paper-negatives are definitely on the horizon.

Roger Cole · Apr 23, 2014

StoneNYC said:
Closest would be Fuji Provia100f

If you want even more saturated color, look to Fuji Velvia 100 or Velvia 50

NOT Velvia100f this is discontinued but a lot on the shelves and isn't as good (in my opinion).

If he preferred E100G, which is sort of between Provia 100 and Astia in saturation and contrast but with Kodak colors, to E100VS, which was Kodak's competition for Velvia, he's very unlikely to prefer Velvia to Provia.

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mweintraub · Apr 23, 2014

Just shot 4 rolls of Portra 400 in a Mamiya 645 Pro in New Orleans this past weekend. The rolls are on their way to Miller's Lab.

Xmas · Apr 23, 2014

Last few hundred feet of Hp5+ cine.

Noel

StoneNYC · Apr 23, 2014

Roger Cole said:
If he preferred E100G, which is sort of between Provia 100 and Astia in saturation and contrast but with Kodak colors, to E100VS, which was Kodak's competition for Velvia, he's very unlikely to prefer Velvia to Provia.

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StoneNYC · Apr 23, 2014

PS just shot 2 frames of Astia100f....

My last roll of it in 35mm....

Last roll.... Sigh....

irvd2x · Apr 23, 2014

StoneNYC said:
PS just shot 2 frames of Astia100f....

My last roll of it in 35mm....

Last roll.... Sigh....

I know what you mean..alot of things and people and ways of doing things passing. I still miss Kodachrome 200. It was perfect for some time spent in Romania. It would be difficult to go back to that place without that film.

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StoneNYC · Apr 24, 2014

irvd2x said:
I know what you mean..alot of things and people and ways of doing things passing. I still miss Kodachrome 200. It was perfect for some time spent in Romania. It would be difficult to go back to that place without that film.

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You could use Provia400X... Oh wait...

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Thomas Bertilsson · Apr 24, 2014

irvd2x said:
I know what you mean..alot of things and people and ways of doing things passing. I still miss Kodachrome 200. It was perfect for some time spent in Romania. It would be difficult to go back to that place without that film.

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When I shot E6 I also liked E200 very much. I think I still have a few rolls of 120 in the freezer.

Other than that I'm working almost exclusively with Ilford HP5+ these days, bar a few rolls of Pan-F+ in 120 for pinhole.
I've also shot a couple of rolls of Kodak MAX 400 C41 film to practice developing color neg film at home with. So far so good. Buying some Portra soon.

StoneNYC · Apr 24, 2014

Thomas Bertilsson said:
When I shot E6 I also liked E200 very much. I think I still have a few rolls of 120 in the freezer.

Other than that I'm working almost exclusively with Ilford HP5+ these days, bar a few rolls of Pan-F+ in 120 for pinhole.
I've also shot a couple of rolls of Kodak MAX 400 C41 film to practice developing color neg film at home with. So far so good. Buying some Portra soon.

Noooo!!! Buy Fuji!! Keep E6 alive!

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