anabasis Posted March 4, 2009 Share #1 Posted March 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well Kodak seems to have re-introduced the Ektar line of very fine grain print films. I was in NYC last week and picked up three rolls when I was visiting the B&H superstore. The first roll went into my R8 and we will see what we can shoot once it warms up enough for me to venture forth. I read somewhere that some people like exposing it at ISO 80, and am wondering if anyone has any opinions on that? I shot the old Ektar 25, 125 and even the 1000 ISO films back in the early 1990's and even managed to buy some of the old stuff last year. Unfortunately it wasn't stored correctly all of these years and is nothing more than for weird experimenting (muddly colors and the grain isn't what it should be). In any case, I am hoping that the new stuff will work well and let that Leica glass really shine. Does anyone else have any experience and/or hints with this new film that they'd like to share? B/Regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Hi anabasis, Take a look here Ektar 100. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
waileong Posted March 4, 2009 Share #2 Posted March 4, 2009 Is there a difference between ISO 80 and 100 for a neg film? When in doubt, overexpose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattLain Posted March 4, 2009 Share #3 Posted March 4, 2009 'word on the street' so far is 80 or 64, unless you can be accurate enough at 100 with a spot-meter or working in studio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattLain Posted March 4, 2009 Share #4 Posted March 4, 2009 PS. I like the colour rendition in overcast daylight. it seems to bring some of those muddy tones to life: Au revoir, les enfants on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 4, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 4, 2009 Generally it's had a less than enthusiastic response from the forum users who have used it. Far, far too saturated for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddp Posted March 4, 2009 Share #6 Posted March 4, 2009 I have a roll coming back this afternoon...I'll be very curious as to how it compares to Portra 160 NC, which is my preferred choice in color. I'll weigh in a bit later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddp Posted March 4, 2009 Share #7 Posted March 4, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Got the roll back - 3 samples here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/other/79639-ektar-100-images.html#post831291 I like what I see so far...gives me an interesting palette to work with. Seeing how my E-6 options are becoming extremely limited in my area, I'm finding some of the current C-41 offerings pretty satisfying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattLain Posted March 4, 2009 Share #8 Posted March 4, 2009 Got the roll back - 3 samples here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/other/79639-ektar-100-images.html#post831291 I see a punchy advertising range of hues. Shame I can't think of anyone that shoots film for advertising anymore. I'd personally like to see how it handles tungsten and fluorescent light when balanced in the darkroom. I'll be testing some soon too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgray Posted March 5, 2009 Share #9 Posted March 5, 2009 I like it. I shot it at 50. It looked like it would have been fine at 100 too, but a little over exposure never hurt color neg film. I don't shoot much color, but I'll probably keep a couple rolls each of Ektar and a couple of Portra 160NC on hand. Ektar for the non-people shots, Portra for the people shots. If there's some crossover between the subjects/films, it's not a big deal... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted March 6, 2009 Share #10 Posted March 6, 2009 Got the roll back - 3 samples here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/other/79639-ektar-100-images.html#post831291 I like what I see so far...gives me an interesting palette to work with. Seeing how my E-6 options are becoming extremely limited in my area, I'm finding some of the current C-41 offerings pretty satisfying. Thanks for posting those, Dan; your results are similar to what I found using the film last fall We had some pics up here a few weeks ago that were really bad: stark, hideous orange and purplish hues...really ugly I've been rating the film at 80 when I shoot it, too I like it, personally Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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