Very good color, particularly skin tones. Does well under mixed lighting. Snappy contrast give good "bite" to pictures.

Only available in 36 exposure rolls

This is one nice film, maybe the best all around film out there. In full sun, the colors are bright, but accurate, and the skin tones are true to life witout being overly saturated. With flash, the skin tones are nice and accurate even under weak indoor lighting. For a high contrast film, under these varying conditions, this is remarkable. The grain is excellent and comparable to Reala. I prefer this film to Reala, which I frankly have never been thrilled with anyway. I only wish NPC 160 were available in 24 exposure rolls. This would promote wider adoption of this film for general shooting. It is a bit pricy and hard to find, but if you ordder in bulk from B&H it is less than $5 a roll. Shoot a roll and you won't go back to drugstore film, no matter who makes it!

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Similar Products Used:

NPS 160, Portra 160

It´s fine grain and realistic colour.

Somewhat expensive.
(But who cares, really).

I can´t understand how anyone can criticize this film for being unatural !?!
It is as realistic or even better than Reala and
I think that people need to try other labs or atleast put some presure and make sure to let the lab reprint your pictures if you are displeased.

One must know that it isn´t the film that does bad
prints it self, it is the guy who prints them !
If correctly copied, prints turns out superbly, believe me.
This film is really good it´s no doubt about it.

If you don´t like printfilm and don´t understand how it works, or/and don´t have a lab that satisfie you, USE SLIDE FILM INSTEAD !

Sorry for these hard words, but common guys !

regards Patrik

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Similar Products Used:

Kodak 160VC, NPS160.

Great skin tones
Very, very sharp
Extremely fine grain (especially for 160)
Excellent contrast
Punchy colors without being overbearing

Pricey if purchased retail--buy mail-order from big supplier and price is MUCH cheaper and easily affordable.

Although I shoot a lot of sports photography, I occasionally end up doing a wedding or two and quite a bit of portraits. Prior to using this 160NPC I was using Kodak Portra 160VC and 400VC almost exclusively for these two other non-sport applications. I shot my first wedding with this stuff and I was highly impressed with the results. While I believe that the Portra 160VC has just as punchy colors, I have to give the sharpness and better contrast award to the Fuji NPC. I was happy with the Portra stuff, but the contrast was lacking in some situations and it had a "washed out" or "flat" look at times. For certain applications that may be good, but I tend to prefer the contrasty pictures with more "bite".

I can't think of any other film that has outperformed this NPC stuff all around, so I must say I'm now a convert and will probably use this stuff exclusively until I find something better.

I still use the 400VC for a faster speed because i don't think Fuji has a "vivid" color 400 speed out yet. From what I've found through research, the NPH is not quite as punchy with the color, so I opted for the Portra 400. Experimenting with the 400 NPH will probably be my next endeavor.

**On a side note, I had these 160NPC wedding photos processed first at a different lab than I usually use and they came out looking very drab and lacking detail. I was so distraught about this I had the entire batch re-shot at my usual place and the results were stunning. So for any amateurs out there remember this cardinal rule: Where you bring your film for processing is every bit as important as your choice of film. Great film shot on great cameras will still not look good if processed at a cheap or mediocre lab. Spend the extra $$ and get it done on state of the art processing equipment at a reputable lab.

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Haven't needed any yet.

Similar Products Used:

All Kodak print films
Most Fuji print films
Most Kodak reversal films
Most Fuji reversal films