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Wish me good luck. (for Ektar 100)


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I started shooting film few months ago (again). After two decades! So far I have tried few BW films (Ilford HP5 400, Tri-X 400 and T-MAX 400) but for color, I tried only UltraMax400 (hey, it was cheap!). I was not very happy with UltraMax. Colors were ok but it had tons of grain visible even in web size pictures. I didn't like it for outdoors pictures.

 

Now I am going on a backpacking trip for couple of days and decided to carry only film. (It is no risk for capturing memory since other friends will have digital). I searched till the end of the internet(s) and learned that Kodak created Ektar 100 exactly for my purpose. :) I also learned that I have to be super smart in order to use it since it is not a film for dummies. I guess I will be ok. In any case, I am going to carry extra film just so that I can bracket if needed. Not to cover for metering but more to experiment and see what happens to the color in over/under exposing.

 

Now my day is approaching and suddenly the forecast for the backpacking days has turned to cloudy with thunderstorms. I am afraid I may not have any sunny blue skies at all for which Ektar is famous for (so I have been told by internet(s)).

 

I am going to shoot anyway. Wish me good luck.

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Thanks, and good luck Jayant! You will still see the Ektar magic shine through - in any weather. I'd be inclined to stick to box speed and average metering - Ektar likes to play it nice and safe. Have a great hike - I'm sure you'll end up impressing your digital friends with the colours you achieve.

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One thing to keep in mind with Ektar 100 is that shadow and dark areas tend to appear with purple-blueish casts. This can look cool for some scenes, in others it is just a pain to have. Regular colors all appear very rich and vibrant when lit well. Careful with portraits and Ektar 100 due to reddish cast on Caucasian skin.  

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One thing to keep in mind with Ektar 100 is that shadow and dark areas tend to appear with purple-blueish casts. This can look cool for some scenes, in others it is just a pain to have. Regular colors all appear very rich and vibrant when lit well. Careful with portraits and Ektar 100 due to reddish cast on Caucasian skin.

Thanks. I will get the scans from the lab next week. I am excited to see what I am going to get. This turned out to be test roll (I could not go for the trip) which is good since I have experimented with under and over exposing by one stop to see the difference. I will post when I get the scans.

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I'm in a very similar situation, returned to film after a long time off, and have settled on Ektar for colour and Delta 100/400 for b&w. The results for both have been excellent...

Thanks for sharing your experience. Can you please elaborate on delta 100/400? So far I have not experimented with any faster BW film than 400 (I tried TriX, T-Max, HP5pkus and XP2Super, all shot at box speed and lab developed). I liked T-Max 400 but want to get better BW film for landscapes (or should I simply digitally convert Ektar to monochrome). This weekend I am also going to try Home developing BW film (starting with DDX and HP5plus film).

 

Your experience with delta 100/400 will be useful to me.

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Now I have shot few rolls of Ektar and I like the results (lab produced, home scanned in Plustek 8200).

Two samples below (both using M2)

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