Fuji Super G Plus 1600

[jlancasterd]

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Has anyone any experience of using Fuji Super G Plus 1600 colour negative film? I want to use it for indoor photography in a railway workshop in conditions of very mixed lighting.

 

How will it stand up to such use?

 

Will it scan well?

 

Is there anything I need to know about exposure - is it really an ISO 1600 film or should I rate it higher/lower?

 

Any information gratefully received!

[XK50]

John,

 

For me, this film is sharp enough and exhibits great muted colours that I seldom get from a DSLR (it's actually better in a wider gamut than here). The ISO seems fine and the film handles the mixed lighting well, imho, ...... but oh that grain! You might get away with A3+ prints for certain subjects but this isn't one of them.

 

Hope you weren't holding your breath.

 

Best wishes,

 

John

[Mike Rawcs]

I'm recently returning to film, from digital and, have concentrated on colour negative film (allows colour and B&W traditional prints: Fuji Pro 400 H gives a wonderful colour palette that amazes me after decades of colour slide use) but how does colour negative film, with all the promise of wide-lattidude and low contrast compete with transparency film, or digital.capture? With regards to the latter, I would encourage new photographers to try film.

 

It looks ... different. Not better, not worse, just .... different.

[jerryharwood]

Hi, I used to use this film a lot in the work I did at the time; it will handle virtually any situation you care to throw at it, but be aware that you will have a lot of grainy shots to contend with. If you scan the negs, you will have a bit of a job getting the correct negative set up. as this was quite an unusual film, mainly used for specialist environments. A little bit of experimentation will get you on the right track.

[alun]

It works fine. Yes, it's grainy...but then it's 1600 film. (I should say that I am talking about the 1600 variant of Fuji Superia/Press but I think it's the same thing -- just different names for different markets.)

 

I would also suggest that the graininess in the shot posted above is at least partly a consequence of under-exposure, by the look of it. Expose generously.