Kodak Gold 200asa 35mm - 36 exp Single

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First up, the name. I get they probably want to differentiate it from the Portras and Ektars but come on. ColorPlus is a terrible name. Even Kodacolor 200 was better. If you fancy playing around and creating your own vintage-style shots, this affordable film is the best choice. You can have lots of fun experimenting, and you won’t run up a massive bill either with this inexpensive film. Kodak ColorPlus 200 is an ISO 200, 5500k daylight balanced, colour negative 35mm film that’s available in rolls of 24 or 36 exposures. It’s DX coded and is developed using the common C-41 process. Once again, the humble Kodak Color Plus falls in the middle of the road – this time in terms of grain. I don’t develop my own film at this point so all I can do here is send you in the direction of other people’s information. The best place to start would be Kodak’s own technical data sheet right here.

C-41 color negative films are pretty standardized, where you have roughly 4 1/3 stops of shadow detail below middle gray and several stops of detail above middle gray, and KODAK_200-8 is no different. It is recommended that you incident meter for the darkest part of the image where you want to retain detail and subtract 2 stops from that, or if you don’t have an incident meter, place your exposure compensation to +1, or manually set the ISO of your camera to ISO 100 and that will result in totally usable negatives. ColorPlus 200 has enough over-exposure headroom to handle 2-3 stops of over exposure before things get nutty. Dynamic Range/Exposure Latitude I found this no diffent to dearer Kodak Porta then I always shoot with cheap film and tell the local D+P shop to not auto pront on the machine soI get vivid colours also I am shooting with a Nikon F501 and 50mm F1.8 D also a 70-300 g lens I found with Nikon lenses they have good reproduction plus they are ED coated. If your using center weighted metering print film is great there is Not a best film out there its how the light set up and quality of lens you are using. That warmness also makes it ideal for keeping happy memories on it. So that’s what I suggest you do.

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That said, we don’t have any real complaints about the grain when shooting Kodak Colorplus 200. Especially with an accurate exposure and good scans, we don’t really think anything about the grain on most shots. Want to recreate that happy, carefree, summer holiday feel? The Kodak Gold 200 is the obvious choice! Fine Grain Lighting Conditions: If you will be shooting in low light conditions, you should choose Kodak Ultramax as it has an ISO speed of 400. If you will be shooting in well-lit situations, Kodak Gold with its ISO speed of 200 is a good choice.

The subheading of this section – what is Kodak ColorPlus 200? – is perhaps more pertinent than you realise. Kodak has a long history of making incredible slide film, and recent history has seen the brand reintroduce their well-loved Ektachrome ( to much deserved fanfare). Let’s talk about that. Ektachrome E100 Kodak ColorPlus 200 is one of the cheapest colour negative 35mm films still available. Cheaper than the other Kodak consumer grade colour films Gold 200 and Ultramax 400. But, as we’ll see later, don’t let that put you off.While you could argue about the differences of every little detail, we think it comes down to a simple distinction. Think of something that had its heyday in the 1980s, continued to do well in the 1990s, survived the 2000s, and is still around today albeit at nowhere near the level it once was. The colours are bright without being overbearing or unrealistic, and skin tones come out looking nice and natural. There isn’t too much grain and the overall feeling was one of a sunny, good time being had by all – which was what holiday memories should be like.

According to Kodak themselves, you get saturated colours, fine grain, and high sharpness. Gold 200 is also good for bright, colourful prints, great for enlargements, and gives high-quality results when scanned for digital output and great prints from digital zoom and crop images. Instead of saving the best for last, I decided to start this series with my favorite film. Maybe it’s my favorite because it was the first film I ever tried, maybe it’s because of its relatively cheap price, or maybe because it renders colors so well. Whatever the reason, Kodak ColorPlus is my go-to color film. It’s also important to remember that the way you scan your film can have just as much of an impact on your final images.

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Capturing new vintage holiday memories on Gold 200 sounds like a very good idea, though, and I’m already looking forward to doing that.