Kodak Gold Max 800 Print Film
Kodak Gold Max 800 Print Film
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[Feb 09, 2000]
Marco Navarro
Intermediate
Model Reviewed:
Gold Max ISO 800
Strength:
good exposure latitude
Weakness:
poor color and grain The ability to shoot in a variety of light conditions does not make up for the poor colors and extreme grainyness of the images, i'd use it if nothing else was available, but not if i had a choice. Customer Service n/a Similar Products Used: Thankfully there is little else similar to this stuff out there... |
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[Sep 24, 2000]
Steve Potter
Intermediate
Strength:
It's fast
Weakness:
It's INCREDIBLY grainy. 4x6 prints looks like slide projections on a stucco wall. Waste of store shelf space and who knows how many millions in Kodak advertising. Fuji Superia 800 is so much better at the same price. Why isn't there a 'no stars' position in the ratings just for this stuff. Being replaced by the 800 Zoom; not a minute too soon. Customer Service No need, I won't touch this trash ever again. Similar Products Used: Fuji Superia 800, MUCH better film |
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[Nov 09, 2000]
David Harris
Expert
Strength:
None
Weakness:
Very grainy as compared to the fuji 800 Being A photo printer I see a great deal of this.It is often very over exposed, and the color is terrible.It is the worst high speed film on the market. Customer Service none Similar Products Used: fuji 800 |
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[Mar 23, 2001]
Pat Collins
Intermediate
Strength:
Too numerous to cover:
Weakness:
Ugly, UGLY. Contemptible garbage. Good thing Kodak's moving into digital photography - they sure cannot make decent film. Either Fuji is superior - but I like NHG better. Customer Service Why bother? Similar Products Used: Fuji NHG 800, Fuji Superia 800 |
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[May 07, 2001]
Chris Prinzivalli
Intermediate
Strength:
Available Anywhere...
Weakness:
Everything...Got Two Rolls To Shoot An Opera Hall...Worst Prints I've Ever Seen...The Colour Of The Deep Cherry Wood Came Out More Brown Than Red, And The Wall Sconces Were Terrible...Will Never Use Again... With Utter Disgust From This Product, I Will Never Use Kodak Again... Similar Products Used: Agfa HDC400, HDC800, Fuji Supria 400, Supria 800, Kodak Royal Gold 800, Select 800... |
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[May 18, 2001]
tanya langford
Intermediate
Strength:
Kodak Name
Weakness:
I made the mistake of buying in bulk and took 10 rolls film this stuff on the trip to the Carribean. Needless to say, they were very grainy, dull in color. I was very disappointed. I bought on the Kodak name itself. This STUFF should be taken of the market as soon as possible. No offense to Kodak, but I have seen better film from then.. Never want to see this film again... Customer Service NA Similar Products Used: Fuji all the way... |
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[May 17, 2001]
Bryan Pace
Expert
Strength:
None
Weakness:
very grainy... I shot the Fuji Superia 800 and the Kodak 800 back to back at a drag racing competition. There was no competition, the Fuji had a much better grain structure, and better color. Customer Service incredible.. they offered to analyze the negatives and sent me a few rolls of replacement with the explanation of possible bad handling..etc Similar Products Used: superia 800 |
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[Jul 12, 2001]
Ben Kweton
Casual
Strength:
Absolutely None.
Weakness:
The fact that it is still available for purchase. This film took what would have been good sailboat portraits with fireworks in the background and made them completely intolerable. Even the 4x6 prints look so disgusting I have thrown them out in embarassment. I will never use this film again. Similar Products Used: None |
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[Dec 16, 1999]
Jacob Newman
Casual
Model Reviewed:
Gold Max ISO 800
Strength:
It's very good in adverse conditions. It works very well under poor lighting.
Weakness:
The prints came out grainy but not really terribly so. I aquired a vast quantity of this film for very cheap and I burned through 8, 9 rolls of it at my brother's wedding. We were quite pleased with it as the pictures taken of the ceremony (outside, at night, with only streetlights and one floodlight for light, cold as anything) all came out very good. It isn't the best, but it isn't the worst. For low light or shakey hands (like mine), it's good. Customer Service For film? Similar Products Used: None. |
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[Dec 15, 1999]
Michael Goldfarb
Expert
Model Reviewed:
Gold Max ISO 800
Strength:
I wasn't particularly impressed - about what you'd expect from an 800-speed color film.
Weakness:
Prints were noticeably grainy and washed-out in comparison to Gold 400 (much less Royal Gold 400)... And this film costs more than Gold 400. When you really need the speed, go ahead and use it, but don't expect miracles - grain is still the penalty for speed. And if you're using it at speed ratings slower than 800 for its much-vaunted "self-adjusting" qualities (actually just wider than normal exposure latitude!), you're also kidding yourself: you'll get much better prints from Gold 100/200/400. Customer Service Kodak's is good, but I never asked about this film. Similar Products Used: This is the fastest color-print film I've used. |