Fujifilm Fujicolor Reala 100

Colours prints made from this film are just much more pleasant to look at than similar prints made from digital photography. And I realy mean much more.

Faces got dynamic colour an excelent contrast range.

Colour dynamics, tolerance in relation to under exposure.

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EOS 350D

I have used this film with tungsten light, and noticed that it does not have the orange cast I was expecting. Tungsten was indistinguishable from daylight.

Great color in any light

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I dropped into Jessops to pick up some Kodak Royal - but the stuff they had was, er, dated (a week to go...) so I asked for advice. The salesrep recommended the Fuji Reala. Now, I haven't had any recent experience of 35mm film from Fuji - the last stuff I tried would have been back in the mid 80's - results were good - but I ended up sticking with Kodak. I told the salesrep what I wanted the film for - to take some outdoor pictures, of the autumn, at Westonbirt Arboretum. She had no hesitation in recommending the film – pointing out it was slightly cheaper than the Kodak Royal – and pointed out I would be more than pleased with the results. Well, the results speak for themselves. In 20+ years of photography I have never taken four x 36 films with such consistent results. The colours are fantastic. They're not so much warm, but real. There's real depth to the photographs. There’s no blending or merging of tones. Seriously, I couldn't believe the results when the prints came back. Some pictures I took with a polarizer to get extra depth in sky/cloud backgrounds, and these pictures are simply awesome. Everyone has seen slides taken with Kodak Ektra – well the Fuji seems to do as good a job with prints as Ektra does with slides. Not a similar job. But as good a job. Not worse. not nearly. But as good as. The price is competitive. The value is great. I was simply stunned. Thanks Fuji.

Fantastic colour repro, spectacular sharpness. No blending, blurring or merging. Very, very sharp. Detailed.

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Kodak Ektachrome E100vs

I have to disagree about the "hard to find" and "need a pro lab" comments. I can always buy this from Ritz camera, B&H or my local camera shop. As for the lab...well Fuji mailers from B&H performed great as did 1 hour from Ritz Camera/Camera shop although very pricy. I haven't yet had the confidence to drop it off at K-Mart yet though.

Grain, sharpness, shdow detail yet saturated.

None really, it can't compete with E100vs, but what can. This is hans down the BEST colr neg film for any situation that I can think of.

Superia 400, Gold 100, royal gold 100, NPH, NPS, Ultra 50

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All I can say is that you got to try this film. It’s simply the best 100 speed film in the world. In professional photography, your clients will love the results and the film will increase your business. When taking pictures for fun, your friends and family will be amazed. I primary shoot weddings, and forget Kodak, Fuji’s Reala film produces very accurate colors, especially skin tones. Whites are never washed out during wedding shots, and shadow detail is amazing. The secret is to shoot at ISO 64 for indoor flash photography and ISO 80 for outdoor photography. For indoor shooting at ISO 64 you need big powerful flash and fast sharp lenses, but it’s worth it. I recently went to a wedding, and decided to take pictures to present as a gift. The groom and bride thought they where better then the professional’s Medium format work… mine where all done in 35mm. The thought the colors where much better then the pros – who was using NPS 120. In case you’re wondering, the pro used a Mamiya 645 with 80/2.8 and flash, and I used a Minolta 7 with 28-70/2.8 G lens and a 5400 flash.

Very accurate colors Perfect skin tones Extremely high resolution film Excellent shadow detail The very best print film you can use

Performs best when overexposed 1/3 – 2/3 stops YOU NEED A GOOD (PRO) LAB TO BENEFIT

Kodak Supra 100, 400 Fuji Superia 100, 200, 400 Konica Impressia 50