available light color film

[hankg]

Suggestions on fast color print or transparency film for available light shooting?

[andrew_schank]

Fuji 400 or 800 speed films, even the consumer variations, have

worked great for me. I expose at 320 and 640. The local Longs drugs

happens to have a half million dollar Fuji machine that uses the Fuji

chrystal archive paper, and that may be part of the reason why they

do such a good job on the Fuji film.

[wilhelm]

Shooting with an f:1.4 lens, I've always found Ektachrome 160T plenty

fast. I've had no need to try 320T.

[jay_.]

Transparency: Kodak Elite (Ektachrome)400 pushed 1 stop rated EI 640

Print: Kodak Portra 800, rated at 800.

[michael_hintlian1]

Fuji makes a consumer 1600asa color neg film that is top shelf...rate

it for 800 and process normally. Cheers.

 

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[hon_k._siu]

I just shot a couple of rolls of Fuji NHG II 800 rated at 640, in a

dim cocktail lounge in NYC.

 

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The results are indeed very satisfying. Even the dreaded florescent

light green was reduced to minimum.

[mike dixon]

For negatives, Fuji NHG II at EI 640. For positives, Kodak EPJ 320T

at EI 1,000 with a two-stop push. I tried Provia 1600 (at 1600) and

liked it, but it was discontinued. I'll be trying the Ektachrome 1600

sometime soon.<P>

 

Photo below is EPJ.<P>

 

<img src="http://mikedixonphotography.com/rgpaul04.jpg">

[hankg]

When you shoot the Fuji NHG II 800 at 640 do you have it processed as

normal?

[steven_alexander1]

Try Kodak Supra 400 or 800. Each can be pushed if needed and

offer good color, great sharpness and little degredation of high

speed film...so many choices...all the other films mentioned will

also do the job.

 

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I like these two films for the limited use I make of color film.

[hon_k._siu]

Hank,

 

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Yes, shoot at EI 640 and process it normally.

[hoyin_lee1]

I'm still experimenting with print film, but for slide film, I have

settled on Fujichrome Provia 400F. Very fine grain for a fast slide

film and produces very good colour saturation, especially with Leica

lenses (it seems that way to me!). Before Provia 400F became

available, I used Provia 100F exposed at ISO 320 and push-processed 2

stops. The result: nice colour saturation but noticeably grainier

than using Provia 400F straight.

[hoyin_lee1]

Hon K, how's the colour saturation like using the NHG II 800 rated at

EI 640? I'm looking for a high saturated <u>fast print film</u>

(higher than ISO 400, pushed or normal) to photograph a wedding in a

medieval Italian church (whose interior is predominantly gold and

reddish brown), in which flash is not allowed (I'll be using M-mount

bodies and lenses only). Nevermind the wedding part, I just want to

capture the rich intense colours of the church interior. Any

recommendations, anyone?

[kl_prager1]

I like Fuji NPH rated at 250 (exposed at 250 & processed at 400. I

prefer the contrast of this film when rated at 250 than when rated at

320. This is an especially nice film for 'people' photography. I also

recently used Fuji Superia 400 (also rated at 250) for an extensive

project and liked the results.

[hon_k._siu]

Hoyin,

 

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If I have to describe it, I would say it is a bit more saturated than

the Kodak Portra 400 VC.

 

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If someone tells me how to post a jpeg here, I will do it. Will cut

and paste do?

 

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Maybe I will send you a jpeg to your email address.

 

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But jpegs (I use an old Minolta Dimage Scan Dual) do not do real

photos justice.

[hon_k._siu]

Hoyin,

 

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How exciting to shoot in a Medieval Italian church?

 

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I have been in Italy in four consecutive years and love to photograph

everything in sight. I used mostly Reala, some Portra 400 VC.

 

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Looking at my NYC pictures again, including pictures of a wedding

reception, I would say the tone of the

NHG II 800 is somewhat close to that the NPH 400. Those photos were

taken in Harvard Club, an old establishment full of wood panels. But I

am talking with only two rolls of NHG II 800 experience.

 

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Considering my little experience with NHG II 800, but more with NPH

400, it should be fine with your shooting session.

 

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I would suggest to you to bring along some NPH 400 as well, and a

Leitz table tripod.

[hoyin_lee1]

Thanks so much, Hon! Will go try out some NHGII 800 (as well as some

Supra 400 and 800) this weekend. :-) Last year I shot another

friend's wedding in a 18th century church in Florence using Superia

400. The colours in the prints (custom print job in a pro-lab)

seemed to be more vibrant than those produced by NPH 400, but still

not quite what I was hoping for.

[dan_brown4]

My suggestions would be NHGII (at EI640), but if I needed EI800,

I would shoot Fuji Press 800 (remarkably good color saturation

at EI800), if that wasn't available, I would shoot Superia 800. If I

needed EI1600, I'd probably shoot Press 800 with a one-stop

push, or shoot NHGII at EI1250 with a one stop push.

[eric_laurence]

Fuji NPH 400, EI at 200 and normal process