General purpose film. Great for candids. Did test roll of nph 400 (fuji line) and had some of this to kill and got better results than pro film.

None yet.

Worth a little extra money spent. Don't want to push past 11x14 prints. Good general purpose film.

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A little slow on sending litature but at least I could reach them in one try...fuji took over 1 week and did not want to send anything out.

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where to start?

Reasonably fast.

Inaccurate colors. Poor skin tones. Moderate sharpness.

For 400 speed film, Fuji Superia or NPH are superior in every respect: much better color, noticeably sharper, and, at least with Superia, much cheaper. It is difficult to imagine why anyone would choose this film over Superia or NPH.

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Fuji Superia, NPH

If you want your colors to be really vibrant, then be sure to use this film. If you want natural rendition, then don't. Overall it's still pretty good but I'd suggest the Kodak SUPRA series over the Royal Gold.

For some situations, too much color saturation, especially in the reds.

Don't get me wrong, this is still a good all around film. But if you're going to do shots where people are involved, you may wanna do Supra 400 instead. But as far as landscapes go, no problem - if you don't mind a bit of extra color.

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Kodak Supra 400

Much better grain than Gold 400, possibly even better than Superia 400. Bright colours. VERY sharp

Price. The contrast gets a little extreme in bright conditions. Common weakness of faster films, I think.

The excellent grain and almost eye-watering sharpness are ideal for the insects and lizards I shoot out here in the desert. You have to watch for how much contast is in the shot, though. The critters often do not allow me to get in for full frame shots so the fine grain really helps when things need enlargement. Despite the price, it's still good value for money.

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No experience

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Fuji Superia 400 (cheaper, nearly as fine grain), Kodak Gold 400 (WAY too grainy)

Bright colors
Suprisingly fine grain for ISO 400

Can't touch properly exposed professional or slide film

I used to always shoot 100 ISO consumer print film to get sufficient grain for 11 x 14 enlargments, and even then I wasn't terribly impressed. But on a recent trip to England, I found myself shooting Royal Gold 400 to punch up the colors and get reasonable shutter speeds in the periodic gloom. Wow! Films have changed I really can't tell one iota of difference between the ISO 100 and 400 Royal Gold film when shooting through slower (typically f 3.5-5.6) consumer lenses that show their best quality at f8 or so. There is no comparison to the Gold films. And if you are shooting landscapes with flowers, blue skies, and wonderful reds and earth tones, this film will make those colors stand out. Excellent consumer film for making vibrant color prints.

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Gold 100, 200, 400

Nice, vivid colors. Saturated, but not overly so.

Reasonably tight grain.

Good skintones, although in shadows they tended to block up.

Premium price point is a bit steep, considering that Kodak Zoom Max is both brighter and tighter when rated at 400 (that's a real little tip, there).

A good, but not great, choice in 400-speed films, especially considering the premium price. In low-contrast situations, I'd give the nod to Max Zoom at EI 400 for some added punch; for most other situations, I'd prefer Superia for its better enlargability and more-neutral color rendition. I've just gotten my hands on some of Agfa's new 400-speed films, and those seem to be remarkable. Like I said, this is a good film, but there are better choices out there.

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Fuji Superia 400 (tighter grain, but less saturated colors). Also, Kodak Max Zoom (800) rated at 400 (brighter, tighter, cheaper). Recently, I've been playing around with some Agfa 400 which seems to have them all beat.

Very sharp. T-grain. Cheaper than some profilms.

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This is my favorite print film. I have used this film for just about everything. Two of my photots were enlarged to 20x30 and looked great with very little grain. Even in macro photography small details are very clear.
Compared to comparable profilms Royal Gold 400 is cheaper with the same sharpness.

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Very informitave website.

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Superia 400
PPF 400
Max 400

Great colors
Fine grain

Seems to scratch easily which makes scanning a bit more difficult

I've tried so many print films and none of them satisfied me until I came accross Royal Gold 400. The colors are properly saturated and very sharp. The 400 ASA speed fits my needs well. I have finally found my number one choice of film and give it all the stars it deserves.

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Not needed so far

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Agfa HDC 200

Fuji Superia 100 to 800
Fuji Superia Reala
Fuji NPS 160

Kokak Gold 100 to 400
Kodak Royal Gold 100 and 400
Kodak Supra 400

Very sharp with fine grain and good skin tone.

The green seems too strong

This is very sharp with remarkable fine grain for a 400 film. In fact, I think the grain of this film is even finer than that of Fuji Superia 100. I only used this film once, and my complain is its rendition of green. When comparing to Royal Gold 100, the green of RG 400 is too strong and too artificially looking. The green from RG100 is more natural. I don’t know if others have the same experience; if so this will make me think twice before using this film in nature photography.

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Superia

Rich color saturation (but not too much), high sharpness, fine grain, and nice tonality

only that it's kind of expensive in relation to other similar films (but I think it's also better)

I had been using the Royal Gold 200 as my usual color-print film of choice in my 35mm cameras for several years, but a little poking in the technical information on these films at Kodak's website revealed this choice tidbit: Royal Gold 400 is rated to have the SAME level of grain (in Kodak's "Print Grain Index" scale) as Royal Gold 200! (And, FYI, the Royal Gold 400 is also rated as finer-grained than the less sophisticated [and expensive] ordinary Gold 100! Two stops faster with less grain!)

If a 400-speed film can look as sharp and fine-grained as a 200-speed film with equivalent color characteristics, there's NO reason to use the 200-speed film! Royal Gold 400 is a great color-print film, especially for folks who (unlike me) are using those absurdly slow autofocus SLR and p&s zoom lenses.

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No need in this case, but Kodak's CS is amazing

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Gold 400, Fuji Superia 400