Kodak Royal Gold ISO 400

It all depends on what you plan to use the film for , to be fair the film was out of date and had been languishing in my fridge for a long time .
I would only use it if I absolutely had to have that handy speed , nor would I expect to have big blow ups from the negs .
I'm afraid the film is far, far , too grainy for me being used to my "chromes " and Ilford Black & White film which is by far superior .

The film is very good at doing pastel shades , I did some candid shots with the Nikkor Prime Telephoto of the cat in it's natural habitat ,the garden ; browns, greens and even white highlights were reproduced beautifully .
There's a warm colour balance and yellows were reproduced faithfully , blues were similar , I've a problem with low end consumer cameras turning blue into a turqoiuse shade .
Handled contrasty side and back lighting very well .

Too grainy , don't use it for anything detailed like flowers or expect sharp blow ups . Poor in overcast weather , you must have sunshine with this film .
Stick to Superia , you'll never go wrong with Fuji .

Ektachrome & Fuji 400 Trannie film .

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I shot several different subjects with this film and loved it. Good greens with outdoor nature landscape shots. Very little adjustment on colors or density needed at the lab. A definate step up from Kodak consumer films

Good quality

Lots of places don't offer it in a four pack...at least that I have been able to find!

Portra VC, Ilford B&W

This is my all around film. I use it outdoors, outdoors with fill flash and indoors with flash. Love the vibrant colours and in prints with lots of colour, the image seems to popout at you. It is very vivid. It doesn't match skintone as well as Fuji Reala but then again, how many other film does? Havign said that, it is still has acceptable skintone. Only during low light conditions and underexposure (part of the print) do you see some heavier grain. Otherwise, in good conditions and proper flash, prints look alive.

- lets you get higher shutter speeds for handheld - vibrant colours - vibrant colours - did I mention vibrant colours?

- expensive in most places - skni tone is not perfect, buit very acceptable - may see heavier grain in underexposed part of the print

Easily my favorite all around film! Thsi film seems to strike the perfect balance of everything a film can do well. Great colors, saturated without overdoing it. Dramatic but not overdone contrast. most of my best shots, have been taken with this film. Wonderful for indoor flashless portraits with primes. Handles indoor lighting very well, offering warm pleasing tones. For general all around use, it''''s really hard to beat. I prefer it to almost every print film I''''ve ever shot (save RG100, which has been discontinued) The drawbacks... Price. For a "consumer" film, it''''s price falls very close to "pro" films. If they sold this stuff in cheap 4 packs, I''''d buy it all up. (Though, the results I get, make me quickly forget the price I paid for it) For specialized purposes, like professional portrait or high contrast lighting situations, it may not be ideal. I''''ll switch to NPH400 in those situations (which is about the same price) But, for general photography, I have yet to see a photo taken with this film that made me wish I had loaded different film in the camera.

Good color without becoming unnatural. Excellent and dramatic contrast, though not overdone (like Gold 400 or Supra 400) Better colors than Superia 400

Price!!! Expensive for a "consumer" film. Not ideal for all situations, but hardly inadequate.

every print film made

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This is very sharp with remarkable fine grain for a 400 film. In fact, I think the grain of this film is even finer than that of Fuji Superia 100. I only used this film once, and my complain is its rendition of green. When comparing to Royal Gold 100, the green of RG 400 is too strong and too artificially looking. The green from RG100 is more natural. I don’t know if others have the same experience; if so this will make me think twice before using this film in nature photography.

Very sharp with fine grain and good skin tone.

The green seems too strong

Superia