Kodak Portra has been around since 1998, although, I’m sure a variation of it has been available for a lot longer (Kodak loved to chop and change the name of things).

If you’re taking photos in autumn, I think this film would do a fantastic job of naturally accentuating the foliage. It can also counterbalance the cool tones if you shoot in an environment overpowered by blues. To make things easier for you as you evaluate the photos, I’ve prepared a handy scoring sheet you can use to evaluate the films as we go through the blind test. To use it, and this is important, you’ll need to make a copy of my template. Please don’t send me a request to edit my copy. I can’t give you permission to edit the template. You need to make a copy of mine so you can edit it to your heart’s content. To do that, in Google Docs file menu, go to File -> Make a copy. The scoring sheet will help you prioritize the aspects of color film that are most important and unique to you and your shooting needs. So the first thing you’ll do is go along the top and rate how important each evaluation criteria are to you. First rate how important color is. Note that you’re not defining what is good color, only how important color is to you, in general.Fujifilm Superia 200, 400, 800, and 1600 were used with the Hexar AF, the Leica CL, the Nikon F90, the Pentax 67 (yes, I’ve played with some of it in 120). Nikon FE – AI-S Nikkor 35mm 1:2.8 – Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 @ ASA-400 – Processing By: Burlington Camera Nikon FE – AI-S Nikkor 35mm 1:2.8 – Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 @ ASA-400 – Processing By: Burlington Camera Nikon FE – AI-S Nikkor 35mm 1:2.8 – Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 @ ASA-400 – Processing By: Burlington Camera Fuji Superia 400 and Kodak Portra 400 are relatively similar in terms of stats, with the main difference being that Portra has an acetate film base while Superia has a cellulose triacetate film base. Portra has a finer grain than Superia, resulting in sharper images. Fujifilm first produced Superia film in 1998, when film photography was still pretty standard. It was a line of film prioritizing color reproduction and image sharpness. These rolls use Super Fine-∑ (Sigma) Grain Technology, producing a finer grain and resulting in bright, crisp photos.

If you don’t know the storage history of your roll of film then I’d say it’s safe to assume that it’ll be fine up to 10 years out-of-date. After 10 years you’ll have to adjust and maybe overexpose a little bit. Final Word For the scoring sheet under price, I’ve included some default pricing scoring that are informed by these prices per frame in the US. For everyone else, you’ll want to do your own research. Beyond the specific color tones, the overall richness of the colors in the Fuji Superia 400 is impressive. Even when I took photos in low light, the colors looked vibrant and bright. However, it seemed like the film produced the best results with natural or bright light conditions. Fuji Superia 400 in Various Photographic ContextsSo in 2001 a Dutch magazine performed a test using the same 2 lenses on a Canon Eos 1V with iso 100 film and a 10MP Canon Eos 1D. Sharpness was about equal with each heaving its strengths. With Siemens stars and other patterns designed for resolution tests the 1D lost due to moire. When shooting other, normal subjects the 1D won with a small margin. On a dare from Em, I decided to push a roll to 1600 (2 stops). This called for bringing out my favorite camera, a Minolta a-9 that can focus the SSM lenses made by Sony for the A-mount digital SLRs. The a-9 also has a 1/12,000 top shutter speed for when you want to play with large apertures and bokeh in broad daylight. Most of the push samples below were made with a Carl Zeiss 24-70 f.2.8 zoom lens.