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$0.00 Summary: I'm a new user of the APS format...I've developed two rolls of Nexia before with ok results. One day at the store they ran out of that film..so in disgust I decided I'll go with the Kodak Advantix just this once. I say disgust because I know how torrid the Max line is in 35mm.
But the end result after using this APS film (my third on my Fuji Nexia Q1) was stunning. ALot of the pictures were well-exposed, and when that happens you can't notice grain, especially on a 4 x 6. Well ok, there's alot of grain in low light...meh, it's APS ya know.
In comparison to Fuji Nexia 400, Advantix is slightly less saturated and less sharp, but totally makes up for it in skin tones (which were pleasing rather than Nexia's ghostly-white and blemish boosting skin tones).
And while less saturated, Advantix had much more consistent colours. Nexia had an overall cool tinge to every picture, but with a strange tendency to oversaturate reds...it gave pictures an odd look, sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't (for people pics where those favored reds boost minor blemishes)
A very impressive APS film, I was pleasantly suprised. Just remember it's always better to overexpose rather than underexpose (because when under, the grain goes EVERYWHERE). Strengths: - nice overall color and color balance (not bland and not overly vivid)
- nice skin tones
- mid contrast...works well for people pics, and it'll get the job done anywhere else
- can be developed nicely at a Fuji lab(at least Black's)..and thats a big suprise because Fuji's labs are infamous for being incompatible with brands other than Fuji Weaknesses: I'd say grain, but it's APS 400, and to be quite honest I've seen worse in 35mm Kodak Max 400. Similar Products Used: - Fuji Nexia 200 (never again..so BLUE!!)
- Fuji Nexia 400 (vivid and sharp, but ghost-like skin tones and oversaturated reds)
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