Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Price Paid:  $2.00

Summary:
This is a great all-purpose film. I haven''t had a problem with any bluish bias as yet, maybe I''m lucky. I had reservations when first buying this film because their previous film, the VX-100 I think it was, always surely came out pinkish. This is not the case with Centuria. I''ve taken it to both Konica and Fuji labs and they''ve done a pretty damn good job. Well, I guess it really depends on your lab, doesnt it?

Strengths:
Cheap! Great skin tones +/-2 stop exposure Dunno the reciprocity failure for this film but have been happy with nightshots.

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
Fuji, Kodak, Agfa

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $2.00 from HK

Summary:
Extremely fine grain and sharp. The color is very saturated. Even better than Fujifilm superia 400.

Strengths:
Price and grain and color.

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Fuji 400, Kodak 400

Customer Service:
Are you kidding?

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Summary:
I have not tried the market´s all similar films, and no Kodaks during later years...sorry you Americans...but since they come from so many different factories it´s hard for labs here to have machines calibrated to all different "emulsions" of the same film out at the same time on the market.So "single-factory" films like Konica have an advantage...
Wel, this film is the first raelly good 400 I have tried, and I have shot 2 weddings with it, indoors with flash, outdoors with and without fil-in, and other outdoor shoots.All to my full satisfaction!I first just shot a roll randomly on differnet subjects, and from the start I was impressed of the grainless (visibly so on small prints, of course not so on larger prints) and very clear-coloured and sharp images it produced.All direct out of the 1-hour lab at my work.I´m sure it can perform even better on manually copied enlargements, but have not tried that yet.
However, this film have won me over totally from using 200 ISO, maybe I will still use some Reala 100 (or Centuria 100, but I´ve heard it´s not so impressiv as Cent 400) when I need extra neutral colours, but mostly I want that little more punch that this film have been giving the last 10-12 rolls I have shot with it.
Here in Sweden a good 400, with some richness colour-wise, have it´s use, that´s for sure!!!
4 stars overall since the perfect film has yet to come, value is on top though!

Strengths:
Great colours, pure and UN-muted
Yet I haven´t even noticed any grain, which always plagued the 400´s I´ve tried before, including Konica.

Weaknesses:
None I can say no other film has.

Similar Products Used:
Fuji 200 & 400 Superia
Fuji Reala (good one, but...a 100 ISO!)
Konica Centuria 200

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $3.00 from grands surfaces

Summary:
I use this film for tests, when I shoot up to 8 rolls per day, and most results are not critical. The results are usually OK, but I wouldn't advise using it in lighting conditions significantly different from midday sun - you might get perceivable colour bias, usually into the blue cast. I don't make enlargements of test pics, so I have nothing to say about the grain.
Recommendations?
Kodak for portraits,
Fuji superia reala for landscapes,
Any other ** for testing, and you'll be quite happy with what you'll get in each of the cases!

Strengths:
Cheap, fast

Weaknesses:
Low dynamic range, gives bluish bias occasionally

Similar Products Used:
Almost every colour negative film available

Customer Service:
Are you kidding?