ben_johnson3 Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 When I was travelling in Vietnam recently, I ran out of Reala and 400UC very near the end of my trip, so I picked up a couple of rolls of Kodak Ultima and Fuji ProPlus II C-41 film. I shot 1/2 a roll of the ProPlus and still have the Ultima unexposed. Can anyone tell me anything about these films? Is there a North American equivalent of either? I've search photo.net and can't find any reference these films. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Probably is either MAX or High Definition, under some other name. In markets where they have to charge low prices, they use other names to make it harder to grey market it back to the USA. Same thing with ProFoto. It might also be a "generation" back from the current USA film. Not a word about it on the Kodak USA website. In the USA it's the brand for a line of inkjet papers... I suppose the easiest thing would be to look at the edge codes when it's developed. Probably gives the generation number somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_johnson3 Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 Thanks, John. I don't think that the Ultima is MAX - it was packaged as a pro film, in propacks with portrait-like images on it (wedding shots, mostly). Also, MAX is available as MAX all over Asia. You have a good point - just process the stuff and see what's printed on the negs. I'll re-post when I do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_tuthill Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Google "Kodak Ultima 100 film" and you'll see it's an emulsion designed specifically for India. There is a PDF datasheet under Kodak.com/IN, publication E-3402. Looks like tweaked Gold 100 (?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_johnson3 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 Who would have imagined an emulsion specially for Indian weddings? Fascinating. God knows what it was doing in Hanoi. Now, I suppose that I'll have to find an Indian wedding so that I can use my roll of Ultima. Doesn't sound like a bad idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_johnson3 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 I finished off my roll of ProPlus and had it processed. Nice looking stuff: medium saturation with accurate colours, and medium-high contrast. Alas, there is no indication on the edge of the negatives what kind of film it is. It's just blank!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arie07 Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 ProplusII 100 is sold in Latin America and Asia as portrait and wedding film. I guess the reason is that it is a LOW CONTRAST film that helps controlling the saturation of darker skin. I shot several rolls of this film while traveling to Istanbul, Turkey and got continuous tonned colors with low contrast. Good film for wedding and portrait photography - not suitable if you are looking for higher saturation and strong colors<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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