Enlarge E100G and E100GX Films and see the amazing detail, clean highlights, and brighter whites. And with this high-tech generation of 100-speed colo
Enlarge E100G and E100GX Films and see the amazing detail, clean highlights, and brighter whites. And with this high-tech generation of 100-speed color transparency films, your enlargements will be virtually grainless.
One word: Excellent! I began using this film almost a year ago after not having much luck with Velvia. I regularly shoot outdoor and scenics, and though many will say that Velvia is simply the best in this: in my opinion, E100G produces far better results. The best attribute to this film is the way it captures BOTH cool and warm colors beautifully... warms are stunning without wash-outs and cools aren't overexaggerated as they are with Velvia. Those blues are nasty! Although Velvia DOES exceed with contrast, this film captures midtones wonderfully and accents highlights with ease. E100G is great with skin tones and low lighting as well. Overall, it's good for any subject you have. Scans beautifully too... use it often!
Weaknesses:
If you need LOTS of contrast... choose Velvia. Who needs that?
I'm a portrait/wedding photographer, so I mainly shoot print film. But occasionally I like to dabble with landscapes and scenics... and for that I generally use transparencies. My favorite is Velvia 50, but I'll also try some others when they're considered "hot" items.
I tried this E100G and was very satisfied with it. I found that it maintained great color balance with slightly enhanced tones. My 645 slides were very smooth when viewed with an 8X loop... with virtually no visible grain.
I haven't scanned any of it yet... so I can't say anything about that. But I've had a couple of my landscape shots enlarged to 16x20... and they are beautiful!
I'll definately keep a couple pro-packs of this on hand to suppliment my Velvia. Sometimes you just don't want all those bold colors that Velvia produces... and I feel like this film will be a nice addition.
Strengths:
Excellent colors...
Smooth textures...
Virtually no grain from medium format...
Very good exposure latitude for transparency...
Colors seem to be true... at least to my taste...
Weaknesses:
For landscape work... I really haven't found any yet. Continued use will be the test.
Coming from E100S and then Provia100F, I'm very happy with the E100G. Grain is similar in size to Provia, but less intrusive (no "pepper grain" in the sky). Shadows don't show that awful blueish tint that plagues both the Provia and the E100S, and neutrals are neutrals.
The film scans well, and can be pushed about 2 stops (I rate it at 320 and require 2 stops p.p.), keeping a very good grain structure (better than Provia 400F!) but of course showing strong contrast.
At nominal speed, has a bit less DR than Provia 100F (that is a real champ), but still it's waaaaaay ahead of EPR 64, for example.
Skins are OK.
A very good all-purpose film: it's now my favourite film!
Strengths:
Very fine grain (way better than any previous Kodak film, short of Kodachrome 25), good balance, can be pushprocessed without showing much grain.
Weaknesses:
Dynamic range is very good, but still it's no Provia. Tends to curl more than Fuji film (I shoot 120), and this can cause some scanning annoyances.
A bit pricey in Italy.
This new film is not a winner. It's as thin as a sigarette paper and quite dull in colours.
Because this film was an experiment, I will definitely stay with Provia/Velvia 100f. (Wow, these transparancies are sharp). E100G is NOT sharp and scanned at 600 dpi on a High-end Drumscanner you will find loads of grain. I asure you.
So Fuji is and will always be a winner for me.
(By the way, Kodak Black/White film is great).
Strengths:
none
Weaknesses:
Too expensive
Totally not sharp as said!
Dull colours
I have to say, I bought with high expectations and now I must say that I am slightly dissapointed. Although this film gave nice colour saturation, good sharpness and fine grain, I was unimpressed at how innacuratly it rendered some hues especially light browns and greens. I believe this film over saturates the blues as well, although this might lend itself better to other forms of photography. On a positive note, this film rendered whites correctly and skin tones correctly. Althougb it has the benefits of better skin tones than Velvia or Provia, I believe that for my portraiture I will stay with Astia.
Strengths:
Correct Skin Tones
Fine Grain
Clean Whites
Weaknesses:
Does not render some hues correctly (browns, greens)
I would rate this film slightly lower, perhaps ISO80, I found that the pictures had a slight tendancy to underexpose
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