Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:31 p.m.
This last weekend, I had the opportunity to try out many different films, as I
attened our first Regatta of the season. I tried the following films for the first
time: Konica Impressa 50, Fuji Reala, Ektachrome G100X, and Fuji Astia
100F.
I got the prints back on Tuesday and I was astonished by Fuji reala, simply
amazing,
I dropped my only roll of 160NC in the lake, and I managed to not set my F1 to
the correct film speed for two whole rolls of film.
I really wanted to see the prints from Konica Impressa, but when I got them
back I was really disappointed with how it handled the scene. It appeared to
smear the reds to a really ugly bright bloody messy colour, and on the
highlight reflection areas, I saw what looked like digital blooming. Reflective
metal with purple and magenta highlights, even though the rest of the print
had no magenta cast. And then an overall washed out performance by the
film.
The roll of Impressa was cold stored by me when it was bought in december,
with an expiration date 9/2004.
My lab uses a Frontier Pro and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive, is this the way
that Impressa is supposed to look?
The following was shot on a F1 w/ a 200 2.8 w/ lenshood extended, metered
at 50 ISO for the shadows with +.5 of a stop added to that reading.
Impressa1
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:32 p.m.
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:33 p.m.
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:34 p.m.
I dont know why their not displaying Inline, they are 500 pixels, sorry.
Impressa 4
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:36 p.m.
Reala - EOS3 w/ EF 100/2 and B+W MRC Skylight
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:38 p.m.
Reala - EOS3 EF 70-200/2.8 IS, B+W MRC CIR POL, MRC 81B, MRC UV.
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:42 p.m.
These are from the rolls I shot on the F1 accidently at 400ISO
I Pushed the Negs on these, the pics above on Reala and Impressa were
scanned from prints, and these are scanned from negs. Kodak is robust!
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:43 p.m.
F1 Kodak ISO 200 - Pushed 1 stop
Daniel Ramirez , Apr 09, 2004; 08:51 p.m.
EOS 3 70-200 2.8 IS. B+W MRC CIR POL, MRC 81B, MRC UV.
Colt Hagmaier , Apr 09, 2004; 09:24 p.m.
I've seen enough. The Reala is very impressive. I am buying some tonight. Thanks for sharing those with us. Sorry i don't have any answers for you, just thanks.