On a sunny day, the film performs OK--but why would you be using it then? There is grain, then, but this can be somewhat photo enhancing (if you are taking a photo of a stone dwelling). In strong sunlight you can get some very strange effects with motion. Like a Lomo, in low light, with any camera.

Just about everything.

If you wan to find the WORST possible film, get some of the Australian version of this stuff. Man it is really bad!!! The grain is so bad I can''t see the subject in lowlight. This is gold max, as opposed to the newer version of MAX 800. The newer version is better, but not great either! If anybody wants to see how bad film really can be, I have a few rolls of this in 36 exp., I''ll send to you :). I can''t find a situation to waste it, even!

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Well, I don''t think they make this version any more--thankfully! Thanks a lot B&H for sending me this and advertising it as regular Max 800 :).

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I would rather use ANY film!

fast cheap and available everywhere

grain the size of baseballs very weak colors even the cheapest Fuji 800 is miles ahead of this

Back when I was using cheap films,I picked up a 4 pack. That was all for me. Even though I was satisfied with wal-mart''s best deal on film, I called Max 800 junk from the first time I saw the prints.

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Fujicolor Press 800-awesome, but you pay for it least expensive Fuji 800(can''t remember which one)-not bad

Indoor photos with a point and shoot came out rather well. Colors were very vivid.

Beautiful outdoor shots sometimes came out looking gray, dull, and grainy. Not very sharp.

I used this film to take some group family pictures and was very happy with my pictures. I liked the colors and how forgiving it is of poor light. However, my outdoor shots were washed out and lacked any contrast and looked extremely grainy when used with a Olympus SuperZoom 2800. But when I used the film with a Pentax IQZoom on vacation in Maui, my outdoor shots looked absolutely amazing with saturated colors and high contrast. Perhaps my older Olympus couldn''t handle ISO 800 film. If you are a casual photographer, then I think it''s fine for indoor photography in poor lighting.

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Kodak 100 Kodak 200 Kodak 400

Omnipresent advertising, and wide availability.

Very grainy and with poor color saturation unless you overexpose it at least 1 stop, and even then it's not really what I would call a good performer. Even 4x6 prints look bad.

Kodak calls it the right film for any conditions, but I can't think of anything it would be good for.

Fuji's 800-speed offerings are significantly better, in my book. I've heard Kodak has come out with a new, improved Max that is better. I have no intention of buying it after my experiences with this stuff. The fact that this stuff is supposedly Kodak's biggest seller is mystifying, though. Is it all advertising hype, or are most people's standards really this low?

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Fuji Superia 800, NHGII

High speed, good for existing-light night shots, rather unique-looking daylight pictures.

The 'unique-looking' daylight pictures may not be what you're looking for...

It performed very well for existing-light photography at night; the grain wasn't really visible and the colors came out nicely. During the day/evening, though, on 4x6 prints there's visible grain and the colors are a little odd-looking; however, in a few shots this created a rather 'artsy' looking effect -- a friend suggested that were I to make 8x10 matte prints of these shots they'd almost look like oil paintings.

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Only 800 speed film I've tried.

Speed.

Very grainy photos enlarged to as little as 4x6.

I used this film to shoot a Sweet 16 party. Grain was visible in every low-light photo, and enlargements past 4x6 were virtually unusable.

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Many

800 speed Kodak Film

Poor Print Quality

I've tried several rolls of this film and each one was grainy @ 4x6 print size!! I just bought a few rolls of Fuji 800, I hope to have better luck. This film must be used knowing that quality will suffer dramatically.

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Fast, but that's about it

Poor color, grainy, not at all sharp

This film can not compare with superia 800. It is too grainy, & the color rendition is terrible. I tried 2 rolls & will not buy it again.

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Have never tried to reach Kodak at all

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superia 800

Fast, of course.

Grainy, flat colors. I was disappointed.

To give up so much in color and get more grain for only one stop up from 400 is just not worth it in my opinion. Of course if you TRULY need that extra stop it can be passable. But perhaps in the long run a faster lens which would allow you to get those extra stops instead? (a 85mm f/1.8 instead of a mid-range zoom with 3.5-4.6 (or worse up to 5.6!!)) That would be 3 or more stops right there!

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Superia 800

very fast, i can take non-blurred photos in darker scenes with ease.

GRAINY!!!!!

after 40 rolls of tmax 400, the max 800 film is very grainy. colors are weak (compared to royal gold 200)even on 4 inch prints, the grain takes away from the enjoyment of the prints. the added stop is nice, but compared to slower films, it isn't worth it. this film is telling me to get a small tripod so i can use better film. only use this film if you need it.

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rest of kodak line (non-pro)