Kodak 6031330 Professional Ektar 100/36 Colour Negative Film

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The first thing to say about Ektar 100 as this review gets wrapped up is that it’s another film I’ve shot and found myself really liking. It’s a film I’ll certainly be shooting again. If you have any prior knowledge of what to expect from a low ISO colour Kodak film, be prepared for the image quality and qualities from Pro Image 100 to fall somewhere in the middle of the consumer ones and their professional counterparts. Kodak Ektar 35mm film is a fantastic professional film for nature, wildlife and fashion photography thanks to its vivid colours and optimised sharpness. It should also be noted the clouds are still visible in the sky too, with the dynamic range being enough to not lose detail or blow them out. Really excellent work, respect! maybe when you have time try to create the Panavision look of the 70-80ies (example)

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Additionally, what you’ll notice when you give Kodak Ektar a lot of daylight balanced flash is that sometimes the tones tend to get lighter. But that’s just standard overall. With Kodak Portra, these tones would be even lighter. The downside is that if you underexpose the image, the colors can turn muddy and if you overexpose the image, the colors give off a more pastel and washed out vibe. Muddy colors are difficult to work with, however, if you’re going for a pastel/washed-out look, you can work with overexposing Kodak Ektar 100. So if you are shooting this Pro Image and aren’t sure of your metering, maybe aim for a little underexposed. It sounds like it’ll handle that better and will lessen the chances of your images being overexposed.

Where to start with this film. First of all it’s very sharp. It looks great in all sizes ranging from 35mm to 4x5 large format. It’s tons are buttery smooth and colors look fantastic. The biggest issue I’ve seen with Ektar is the accuracy of the colors, but it’s not enough to be a significant issue in most cases. It only comes in the speed of 100, so low light shooting isn’t the best situation for this film. I generally prefer Ektar in the studio, where it can be on a tripod capturing all that beautiful detail and color. One of these films is more popular than the other, as Portra is known as the workhouse of the brand and capable of anything. It’s so robust it will capture in most genres and Kodak has a range of ISO’s to help you out ( 160, 400 and 800) and a reputation for being able to push this a number of stops. Hopefully, you enjoyed reading this article, if you haven’t tried Ektar, buy some now and try it. Please consider setting yourself a constraint like shooting different focal lengths, you never know what you might achieve and learn. I've shot above in 120 throughout, but of course both Portra and Ektar are also available in 35mm. For the best care, store the film in the freezer. When you’re ready to shoot it, take it out hours beforehand and let it thaw. Then when it’s ready go ahead and shoot. For what Pro Image 100 is and how much it costs, I really like what it gave me and would definitely recommend you shoot some if you haven’t before.

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Detail: 10 out of 10. It’s one of the, if not the, sharpest films I’ve ever experienced. I would even say it rivals films like T-Max 100! Whether Kodak Ektar is a good option for your street photography or not depends completely on whether its pros and cons match the look you want and the environment you’re shooting in, in my opinion. If we are to trust those measurements, there should be no grain visible on 4x6” prints made from 135-size Ektar rolls; 8x10” prints will show no grain when made from medium format Ektar rolls, and there will be no grain on 16x20” prints made from large format sheets. Or, more concisely: the grain is imperceptible at 8x magnification and less. If you found this Kodak Ektar 100 review useful, why not take a look at these other fantastic films too:

Kodak Ektar 100 is a pretty beautiful film. It’s best used in the old school way of doing photography: with a camera on a tripod, a special light meter used to judge the highlights and shadows, and then a single very care and calculated exposure being made. It delivers very saturated colors that I’m sure many digital photographers will really like–especially if you’re a Sony shooter. First, Ektar is a single ISO speed film, 100. A good choice, in my opinion, as in full daylight , this ISO works with 𝒇8/500 — a combination that can yield sharper images on most film cameras. And with a fast enough lens, it can be used in the shadows without a tripod. Although Ektar 100 is a recently released film from Kodak, only slightly older than the latest Portra films, it has long a heritage. The name Ektar has been used by Kodak on various products for the last century. Starting in the 1930s and going through the 1960s Ektar was a name applied to a range of pro lenses for the 2"x3" format. My first exposure to the name was with the 2x3 Graflex I used for a few years which had a Kodak Ektar 107mm f/3.7 lens. Later Kodak reimagined the name for a range of color negative films introduced in the late 1980s in several flavors including 25, 125, and 1000 speeds. All promising fine grain and vivid color rendition. Kodak produced those films for about a decade but have long been discontinued. In fact, it helps you in a way as it encourages you to shoot in good light, which is always conducive to better looking photographs, in my opinion.

My Experiences with Kodak Ektar 100 - Casual Photophile

Lens quality aside, they look a little overexposed. I’m not too bothered about why that would be, but it’s worth noting how much more washed out the colours are than those shot with the Yashica. Now this session was done with the Mamiya RB67 Pro s and the film is expired 10 years. A flash is in a modifier camera right. Considering this, the film has held its own very well. The modern Kodak Ektar 100 is a color negative film introduced in 2008 as a successor to the original Ektar. Like that older film, current Kodak Ektar is specialized for applications in which ultra-fine grain and high color saturation are desirable traits. It’s only available as an 100 ISO film (keeps that pesky market unsegmented), but it comes in multiple formats – 35mm, 120 medium format, and in 4×5 and 8×10 sheets. For landscapes, nature, and travel shots, no color-negative film is better. Shot at box-speed in bright light, Ektar creates images to die for. This film will make your subjects prettier, your destinations more exotic, and your world more alive. It’s pretty incredible in the hands of talented shooters; take a look at the kinds of images people are making with Ektar.Just like any ISO 100 film, you’re going to need a sunny day to shoot street photography with Kodak Pro Image. The unpredictable nature of your subjects means you’ll need enough light to have a decent shutter speed. Kodak also say Pro Image has similar printing characteristics to their Gold films, which keeps things simple for those who do indeed put their work to paper. Kodak Ektar 100 with Canon QL25. Some slightly exaggerated graininess may appear due to digital sharpening and colour correction. Metering Ektar for best, easy to edit exposures. The first of those makes a lot of sense considering the markets this film was first sold in, while the second is interesting for only mentioning underexposure and the fact we had some shots earlier that seemed to have been affected by a little overexposure. Kodak Ektar 100 has limited exposure latitude as it is a 100-speed film. At ISO 100, it’s half the speed of the budget Kodak Gold and Kodak ColorPlus and only 1/4 the speed of the premium Kodak Potra 400.

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Grain: 10 out of 10! It’s almost like it isn’t there, which in a sense makes it’s grain flawless. it works well on this film for sure.As a standard colour negative film, Pro Image 100 is developed using the standard C-41 process. This means you’ll have absolutely no trouble finding a lab to do it for you if, like me, you don’t do it yourself.