Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

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The original Ektar recipe isn’t an exact match to the film, and I believe that this new recipe is closer. The two recipes each produce a different look, and perhaps they both have a place, depending on what exact aesthetic you are after. This new recipe was a collaborative effort, and I want to give a special “thank you” to Thomas Schwab for all of the time and effort he put into making this a reality. It’s much appreciated! As far as Fujicolor 160NS, I think Pro Neg. Hi is a much closer starting point than Classic Chrome. Obviously this recipe is much too warm, unless one was using a warming filter or had a radioactive-coated lens. And too much contrast, too. Again, there are so many variables, and it’s difficult to nail down exactly what one film “looks like”. That’s obviously a pretty big challenge, but I’m always trying to get the general feeling “right” if I can. If you take a closer look at the sky portion of the image, you’ll see what the courser grain looks like. In both the shadows of the clouds and the darker portions of the sky, the larger grain of the film is very noticeable.

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Even then, Kodak wanted its customers to know that Ektar isn’t a lens design (like the Sonnar ) but rather “ a performance index, a seal of quality, a sterling mark ” — source . And so, when it became again attached to a line of films in 1989, the nomenclature made sense. The downside is that it’s more expensive to have a professional lab develop and scan your photos in the long run. With too much overexposure, you’ll see a red or orange color shift in skin tones. Ektar handles pushing well for some extra bold colors, especially if you are not contending with skin tones.

If you’re a street photographer or a photojournalist documenting a very colorful scene then this is surely a film that you may want to consider–especially as Kodak recommends it for being the replacement for Kodachrome. One of the larger guidelines or considerations are blue shadows. Alluded to throughout this post, at box speed or under exposure in daylight I have noticed a strong tendency for blue shadows. Very much overcomeable with a nudge in metering or post processing. Don't be surprising to see a scan come out blue.

Kodak Ektar 100 review, by Lewis Collard! Kodak Ektar 100 review, by Lewis Collard!

One testament I’ve seen to that is comparisons made between Ektar and slide film. Having only shot one roll of slide – the new Ektachrome 100 – at the time of writing, I don’t really have the experience to repeat those claims. But I’d say them getting made elsewhere is worth noting.While Ektar is often not recommended for portraiture as it could make faces of all skin tones appear slightly reddish, I found that this problem is usually corrected by adding an extra stop of even light. A bit more fixing could be done in post-processing using tools like Adobe Photoshop as well.

Ektar vs Portra: the Architecture Showdown - Analogue Wonderland Ektar vs Portra: the Architecture Showdown - Analogue Wonderland

An easy way to get excellent results with Ektar is to photograph scenes that aren’t busy, with minimal textures/fine contrast, perhaps overexposed by one stop. When not to shoot Kodak Ektar. Kodak Ektar 35mm film is a fantastic professional film for nature, wildlife and fashion photography thanks to its vivid colours and optimised sharpness. ISO 400 film does seem very popular for this kind of thing, and often in monochrome too, but don’t let that put you off. As the shots below show – as do the ones taken with this Fujicolor film or even Kodak Ektachrome slide film – street photography with an ISO 100 film is nothing to be apprehensive of. Ektar” is a name Kodak has been reserving for its premium products since 1936 . Up until 1960, Ektar belonged to a series of the brand’s top-end lenses. Great post! Very vivid review with great shots! I recently started to shoot film, I tried Ektar, but seems like I need to be extra careful with to not over/under expose it. I had great prints from the lab, but when I tried to scan the film but got not so great results. I am using a flatbed film holder, on an Epson V800 and doing basic auto color and auto tone in Photoshop, any tips on how to ensure the best output?

Alternatives to Kodak Ektar 100

As a film produced to be sold in some hot and humid regions, Pro Image 100 is said to stand up well to high temperatures, albeit to the slight detriment of the results it gives when compared to other Kodak Professional films. When it comes to landscapes analog photographers traditionally would choose slide film. Before the widespread availability of high resolution digital cameras slide film offered the highest fidelity of image quality. Fine grain, impressive resolving power, and colors that leap out at you are just a few of the qualities that bring chrome films to landscape subjects. Those great features also came with a price in several senses of the word. Slide films are literally becoming more expensive than their b/w and print film relatives in unit cost and processing. In addition they can be notoriously unforgiving with very limited dynamic range having exposure latitude in the 6-8 stops range. Even with all that in mind there are perhaps few pleasures as wonderful as holding a positive image in hand. These two images were shot in the small town of Silverton, Oregon where we stayed during the Tulip Festival. The main focus of this comparison is to show you how colors render when the film is overexposed. Ektar started as a color 35mm and 120 semi-professional film introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1989, which used the common C-41 process. It was designed to offer ultra-fine grain. It was manufactured in 25, 100 (replaced the poor selling 125 in June 1991 [4]), and 1000 ISO formats. 400 speed film was available until 1997. Poor market segmentation was cited as a factor in Kodak's decision to discontinue Ektar in 1994. The film was replaced by the Royal Gold line. The 120 version of Ektar was discontinued in 1997. I love using Ektar too, great fine color film, but I usually don’t get such saturated results, the color balance is generally very good and subtle on all tones. But it depends of course of your processing and scanning method. About scanning, why do you keep all this dirt on your photos, it’s not part of the photo itself (I can imagine that you don’t put deliberately dirt on your lens…) but comes mainly from the scanning process. Of course, it’s not easy to get rid of all the small dust and particles involved in scanning, but come on, it’s not impossible to remove a great part of it and clean the photo (SRDx plugin from Silverfast for Lightroom and Photoshop does a great job, you can really make a fine tuning for detecting the desired particles you want to remove..).

The Beauty of Ektar Pushed + 2 Stops · Lomography The Beauty of Ektar Pushed + 2 Stops · Lomography

The simple explanation for this is that Europe and North America are not the world and this is not a new film. In fact, it’s been available in other markets – most notably Asia and South America – since 1997. a b "Kodak Professional Ektar 100 Film" (PDF). Kodak Alaris. February 2016 . Retrieved 19 March 2023.If you found this Kodak Ektar 100 review useful, why not take a look at these other fantastic films too: