Kodak SUPRA 400 Film Print Film

Kodak SUPRA 400 Film Print Film 

USER REVIEWS

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[May 04, 2000]
Michael Fanelli
Expert
Model Reviewed: SUPRA 400 Film

Strength:

Excellent saturation and contrast. Excellent skin tones. Grain is more like a slow film. Very tolerant of exposure. Easy to scan (less correction required). Very good price, much less than Portra even a bit less than Royal Gold.

Weakness:

None so far.

The best 400 speed print film out there now. It is great for outdoor scenics/nature yet still has excellent skin tones (fantastic for sports). Highly recommended.

Customer Service

N/A

Similar Products Used:

For print film, Fuji Superia, Kodak Portra and Royal Gold.

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RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Sep 07, 2000]
Jason McGovern
Casual

Strength:

This film is pretty good for portraits and overall picture taking. VERY good grain for a 400 speed film. This has become my film of choice, with Kodak Royal Gold 400 right underneath.

Weakness:

Dunno of any yet.

Awesome as an all purpose film if you're looking for all around good results. I was very impressed with the prints I received - much clarity and NO visible grain at all. Yay, yay and YAY!

Customer Service

N/A

Similar Products Used:

Kodak Royal Gold 400

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RATING
5
VALUE
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5
[Oct 04, 2000]
Michael DeKelver
Intermediate

Strength:

Fine grain, exposure lattitute, saturation

Weakness:

Red, Red, Red.

Printing at +1 Cyan, in mixed lighting the reds are too much in skintones. Much better outside. A film can be too warm, Kodak proves that again.

Great for sports and snaps, beware of mixed lighting. I have people looking like beets, and cannot correct the prints any further or whites are turning blue. Outside in cool light is much better. Great grain and detail. I will try again, overexposing a stop as suggested here.

Customer Service

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Similar Products Used:

KodaK Portra, Fuji Superia,

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Oct 27, 2000]
Richard Hoag
Intermediate

Strength:

Minimum grain, accurate color, handles contrast well, no cold storage needed.

Weakness:

None found with use in natural light. Wish it was produced in 120 format

A very fine grain 400 color film with no apparent vices. Grain compares to most 100 films. Good slightly enhanced color rendition and saturation. Less expensive than competing products.
Has become my daily color negative film of choice

Customer Service

Have not used it.

Similar Products Used:

agfa ultima 100&400, gold and royal gold, fuji.

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Nov 28, 2000]
Christopher Chen
Intermediate

Strength:

An extremely fine-grained 400 film with, IMO, very natural daylight color rendition (not like that freaky Fuji stuff). Good for all users.

Weakness:

None.

I like this film! A good all-round performer @ a very good price for a pro film.

Customer Service

Not needed.

Similar Products Used:

Supra 100, Royal Gold 400.

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RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Dec 16, 2000]
Victor Engel
Intermediate

Strength:

Fine grain, wide (forgiving) exposure latitude, good shadow and highlight detail

Weakness:

Maybe a halation problem (see results of my test at http://the-light.com/Photography/Supra400/)

This is an excellent film. However, I suggest doing serious testing of very high contrast images, such as backlit subjects or subjects with specular reflections if you plan to use this film.

Similar Products Used:

Supra800 (equally as good), various other slide and negative films

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Mar 18, 2001]
Roger Rowlett
Expert

Strength:

Fine grain for the speed
Natural color saturation
Outstandingly priced

Weakness:

Nothing notable

I think I have discovered my new favorite ISO 400 negative film. Supra 400 is significanly finer grained than RG 400, another dependable film with natural color saturation. Indeed, Supra 400 compares favorably to RG 400 in every way except it's just sharper (and cheaper, too.) Anyone who has come to like and depend upon RG 400 will like this film, except it makes better enlargments.

A very close inspection of high-resolution negative scans on Supra reveals significantly finer grain in the well-exposed areas of the negative, grain that is comparable or even finer than RG 100. The ISO 400 characteristics of this film are only revealed in the underexposed areas of the image, in the shadow detail, where the grain becomes noticeable, but not objectionable. The grain here appears to be about what I'm used to seeing in the entire image for RG 400.

Bottom line: Supra 400 is a reasonable everyday negative film that except for very careful inspection will pass for an ISO 100 film. It should be strongly considered by any amateur photographer with slower "consumer" zoom lenses. Color rendition is the same natural to slightly warm saturation familiar to regular users of RG 400. And what pro film do you find that cheaper than the consumer film equivalent?

Customer Service

Not used.

Similar Products Used:

Kodak Royal Gold, all speeds

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RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jun 21, 2001]
R G
Expert

Strength:

Very fine grain for a film of this speed
Good color saturation

Weakness:

High contrast. Photos taken in bright sun are unpleasant.
Unnatural caucasian skin tones.

It's a nice film for flat light situations. Keep it out of the bright sun, however. Not great for portraits of Caucasians.

Similar Products Used:

NPH, Optima II 400, Royal Gold 400

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Jun 21, 2001]
Mike McIsaac
Intermediate

Strength:

Natural color rendition.
Great shadow details.
Sharp, sharp, sharp!

Weakness:

None so far.

Obtained some of this film based on the reviews I've read here. Glad that I did. WOW! This is the BEST high-speed color print film I have EVER used! The colors are just like your eye sees them, shadow detail is great, exposures are perfect in my Nikon FE. No grain visible in 4x6 prints. Plan to enlarge some to 8x10. Will get LOTS more of this film!!! Want to try some Supra 800 for astrophotography and aurora borealis this Fall and Winter.

Customer Service

Kodak has been very responsive every time I've dealt with them.

Similar Products Used:

Fuji Superia 400.
Kodak Royal Gold 200.
Fuji Super HQ 200.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jun 29, 2001]
John Shaeffer
Intermediate

Strength:

Grain is finer than Max 400.

OK film for shady situations and cloudy days.

Weakness:

This film flares big time in the sun.

This film cannot detect the color purple. All purple objects are rendered red. There is a major flaw in Kodak's emulsion or interaction with its own chemicals for processing.

I was suprised by this film's terrible handling of sunny exposures. I was also suprised that it does not recognize purple. I like to see what I saw through the viewfinder on my photo. I took the same shoots with Fuji Superia 400, with accurate color rendition. I guess I know why this film is relatively cheap for a "professional film."

Customer Service

Not applicable

Similar Products Used:

Most consumer films.

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1
VALUE
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1
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