Kodak SUPRA 800 Film

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Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I decided to use this film for some natural light interior shots, a fairly demanding situation. I carefully spot metered and used a very fast lens (Nikon 50 f1.2 and 85 f1.4). The results were very poor. So disappointing that I wondered if there was a camera fault (there wasn't!) The colour is false and unbalanced but the worst feature of this film is the very pronounced and ugly graininess.

Strengths:
Fast speed.

Weaknesses:
Exceptionally ugly and obvious grain. Unnatural colour.

Similar Products Used:
Fast films from Fuji, Konica (excellent!) and Ilford (B&W)

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $16.00

Summary:
I've been using Kodak film for years and deemed it satisfactory but a bit pricey! I've just discovered Polaroid 800 ISO film at WalMart. I purchased a 4 roll for less than $7 at which time I learned this Polaroid film was made by Agfa now. Comparing side by side, the Polaroid photos blew away Kodak. When comparing quality, Kodak was grainy, a little blurred and the color was not as true and vivid. I will definitely purchase the Polaroid going forward since the price is much less and the quality if better!

Strengths:
brand name

Weaknesses:
too pricey grainy blurred not true colors

Similar Products Used:
Polaroid 800 ISO made by Agfa Kodak Max Fuji Agfa Vista Color 400

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I shot 5 rolls of this. I was not pleased to find how much grain it gave when it counted. To give you an idea, at 9x6 the grain could be as obvious as Royal Gold 100 at 24x16. That is a very poor performance for a newer film I think. I shot a lot of sports photos, but a few more static photos and they all had the same flaws wherever they were developed. All of this out of a segment metering producing reliable shutter speeds. This Supra is supposed to have a wide exposure latitude but cannot produce good prints at its native exposure, apparently. For me Supra 800 was reminiscent of the bad old Kodak Zoom 800 of 2000. Supra 800 is suspiciously cheap in EU and I feel it has corners cut.

Strengths:
Colours are not faulty. When slightly overexposed the image is more tolerable.

Weaknesses:
Old technology grain. Do not choose for crops and enlargements.

Similar Products Used:
Fuji & Kodak 800-1600 consumer films.

Customer Service:
Kodak contrive to omit grain index of Supra 800 on their datasheet. Enough said.

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $3.00

Summary:
Kodak supra 800

Strengths:
cheap, easily found in most shops, nice colour saturation if enough light and picture is not highly contrasted.

Weaknesses:
poor to very poor grain if under exposed by more than 1 stop. Low dynamic range. Grain seen even with correct exposure. Fuji 800 is superior in all sense.

Similar Products Used:
Fuji press 800

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.67 of 5,
3 votes

Price Paid:  $3.00 from eBay

Summary:
It''s spring time so I took a lot of tulip photographs. The color is simply amazing. Very good color saturation. Red, green, orange, yellow turned out very nice.

Strengths:
No grain. But I am using 4 X 6. I almost never enlarge photos anyway.

Weaknesses:
Failed in my low-light tulip shot at dusk. 800 iso with no flash, pictures turned out bad. Color was boring. But maybe it''s my fault

Similar Products Used:
Reala, NPH 400, HDC+, Superia 100, Superia 400

Customer Service:
None