My first roll of Kodak Ektar...Awesome! :D

[Hood]

As a few of you know, I have been on a film kick since just after Christmas, culminating in me recently acquiring over 200 rolls of various types of film.

On Sunday of this last w/e I finally got out for a short break in the rainy weather, to go and shoot my first test roll of Kodak Ektar... and I have to say Iam very happy with the results of this spectacularly vibrant film.
I was worried that maybe my cams metering was slightly off since the images still seemed a little bright to me. But I read in a post in here recently that store dev scans have a tendency for being brighter than they should. Any tips for compensating for this would be great. It was actually an overcast day with erratic showers.

Here are a few of my test shots anyhow. I hope you enjoy.

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16.) I'm starting to notice barrel distortion in both my Minolta 35-80 & 35-70 on 35mm film.


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[rbelyell]

yes its definitely a favorite film of mine. i like the color and depth of it. they make very nice prints as well. ive found it does a little better if you err on the side of slight underexposure as opposed to overexposure.
tony

[skida]

Welcome to the world of new Ektar converts. Great results, Hood.

[Excalibur]

There you go film shooting is easy init and you have nice shots for proof ....I'm not sure Ektar is for me though as I've heard of exposure tolerance problems and will try 120 Portra 160 next.

[skida]

[poilu]

nice series!

[Excalibur]

[Hood]

Cheers guys. I like this film too. So much vibrance.

I will have to try your suggestion rbelyell and give it a -1 on the next roll, or do you think -0.5 is enough?

I'm going to try some 160s & 160c too, to see how they compare, I have some portra 160 too, amongst a few others.

But for now I have a tiny stockpile of a few films, like ektar, as I believe it will not be available soon.

[Hood]

[Orio]

[Hood]

Sorry only digital Orio.
Iam not versed in the analogue processing arts I'm afraid.
But I still find it satisfying producing a good print to give to someone.

[Katastrofo]

My faves are 11, 12, 21, and 23. Nice series!

[aspen]

[Orio]

[aspen]

I agree with Orio concerning the exposure of color negative film; there is a latitude to pull detail out of highlights. I believe that I read recently that Ektar is around 4 stops of latitude. But I have a conundrum, or puzzle. As Orio says, the latitude is for "prints". So, if prints are made from the film (and the exposure compensated), and then, the prints are scanned to digital, hopefully a large range of dark and light tones are present. But if a film negative is scanned directly, then the highlights are clipped and there isn't much one can do there. Film is designed with those latitudes in the highlight region, whereas, a digital sensor is the opposite; one can pull detail from the shadows.
So, the puzzle is best solved by scanning prints, I think?

[Excalibur]

[aspen]