The only strength of this film is its low grains.

Lack of color. If you have to use Kodak, go for Royal Gold. I think VC should stand for "Vanished Colors!" since grey was the dominant color. My sunset pictures were all washed out, even though I bracketed (just in case). I had to have the photo lab reprint my pictures darker just to get some color out of them.

This is the first and last time I use this film and 400VC. Kodak needs to get their act together and make a film that is useful! I shot 1 roll of this film and 4 rolls of 400VC in 120 format and a roll of 400VC in 35mm format on a fall color trip. Glad I didn''t take any chances and backed it up with 35mm Velvia or else my trip would have been a complete waste. This was the first time I was shooting 120 roll films and would have blamed it on the camera and lens, but the lens was a Zeiss and there were two completely different cameras, lenses and film formats involved with similar results. Can''t blame it on the developer either -- his work is top notch. My reprints at a different lab resulted the same.

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Fuji Reala 100, other Fuji consumer films, Velvia, Provia, Astia, Kodak 100VS. Yet to try are the NPC and NPS films.

The grain seems reasonably tight for 160 speed, and the colors were accurate. If I had already bought more of this film, I would finish it without giving it a second thought.

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This was the first film I ran through my Mamiya 6, When I got the results I was so disapointed I almost sold the camera. The colors were drab and murky, even evening light shots whose colors usually leap out. There are a few explanations possible, since it was the first time I used the camera, user error could be blamed, or maybe the negatives were good but the lab printer messed up. I ran a roll of Provia 100F through it and the results were so spectacular that I decided to keep the camera and stick with Fugi. I understand that slide film is usually more saturated than print film, and that 100 speed will generally give you better results than 160. But even consitering that the difference is striking. Maybe the 35mm film is better, but I will never buy another roll of the 120.

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Fugichrome Provia 100F

Forgiveness, long exposure times.

Colors can be bland.

I find this film remarkably satisfactory in my pinhole camera. This means it is very forgiving as to exposure, and it works well with very long exposures, up to at least 4 hours. In one roll I shot one picture by the light of 2 candles (30 min.) and another with the unclouded mid-day sun within the frame (1 sec.), and both came out great.

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Gold 100

Nicely saturated. This film works well in some situations, but I don't find any personal use for it.

With red roses, it really bleeds all over. I also didn't think it was that sharp. For green heavy landscapes its not right. I'd rather use Agfa HDC + 100, Kodak Supra 100, or Fuji Reala for everything else. The weakness of this film is that I didn't find anything to like. I guess that means I didn't find the right use for it.

I guess this film has a use, I'm just not it. This was recommended to me as a print film that has saturation like slide film. Perhaps so, but its not as versatile as E100VS and such. If you are an outdoor/landscape/journalism type photographer like me, use Supra or Royal Gold for your prints. Unless you're indoors. Then you might look towards Reala.

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Fuji Reala
Supra 100

Very good skin tones, fine grain

Not good at all for landscapes. Low color saturation, low contrast. I shot in St. John, Virgin Islands...coral waters, blue sky with polorizer and was very disappointed. I knew I should have shot Kodachrome. You live and learn.

Skins tones are very good for portraiture...but otherwise, won't use it.

Customer Service

Acceptable.

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Kodak Gold 100.

Nice grain level; Medium contrast; Rated correctly at 160ISO; Even skin tones, even in extreme/bizarre lighting; great for outdoor use in winter (against snow); good saturation without going overboard

Some prints can seem a bit dull compared to other films, but this is probably because I (and others) are accustomed to films that are unnaturally oversaturated.

Great for portrait use in the outdoors. Good colour, just enough punch to let your polariser still do something good. Excellent for use on snowy backgrounds or for people against autumn foliage. Not oversaturated like most films - perfect for its intended use, but not the best for general use.

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None.

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No other portrait films used to date.

Great for portraits and skin tones-

Bland bland color for landscapes or anything else other than portraits!

I tested this against Superia 100 and gold 100 in great detail for fine art and landscapes- it's dead in the water in comparison! Not my choice for anything but weddings!

Customer Service

Always good

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Gold 100, Superia 100, Reala, Agfa 50, Vericolor

Good skin tones - even on many high-contrast, high-saturation minilab papers. For the best skin tones, print it on Kodak's Supra III or Portra III papers. Nicely saturated colours.

It's a bit expensive - at least here in Canada.

I have other films I prefer for general-purpose usage, but if I know I'm going to be taking people pictures, this is the film I like.

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Portra 400VC; PJ100; PJA

Good tones. Nice saturation.

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Great professional portrait film. Good saturation and warm tones. Great underexposure latitude.

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NPC, NPH,

Good skin tone.

It is only good for skin tone. Thats all it is good for.

I would only use this in bright sunshine or in a studio with a lot of flash power. In any other situation I would probably use fuji NPS or Reala.

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Porta NC, Fuji Reala, NPH, NPS, Kodal gold etc