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Kodak Proimage 100 Color Negative Film

I used to have a beautiful dream of making everyone I photographed look more beautiful than they really were. Achieving this is actually not difficult with Kodak Proimage film, which is excellent for capturing portraits with warm, healthy-looking skin tones. What’s more, this film is also reasonably priced!

A good portrait film should have several key features, such as warm tones that whiten the skin, fine grain that enhances detail, and excellent exposure latitude that allows for shallow depth of field. In all these aspects, Kodak Proimage performs exceptionally well. Kodak is renowned for its mastery of color, especially when it comes to capturing skin tones. The colors in Proimage are harmonious and transparent, creating a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere.

One of the outstanding qualities of Proimage is its well-balanced colors that never overpower the subject, resembling the soft hues of watercolor paintings. The colors are transparent and vibrant without being oily, reminiscent of a jar of colorful candies. Besides portraits, Proimage is also perfect for capturing landscapes and street scenes, creating a transparent and watercolor-like feel. Street scenes captured with Proimage exude a peaceful and calming ambiance, which is quite different from the vibrant and colorful look of Kodak Ultramax 400.

While Proimage’s ISO 100 film is ideal for capturing images in bright daylight, it can also be used at night with good results, thanks to its professional-grade quality and high tolerance for different lighting situations. Nonetheless, given its ISO 100 rating, it’s still advisable to use it during daytime shoots whenever possible.

flesh-tone reproduction, color accuracy, and saturation.
Intended for room temperature storage.
Excellent latent-image keeping characteristics.
Printing characteristics similar to those of Kodak gold films.
The film of choice for portrait and social photographers.

Rollei rpx 400 black and white film

Film photography has become increasingly popular due to the ability to choose from a variety of films to achieve unique tones, grain, and contrast. Many beginner black and white film photographers tend to prefer a high-contrast and bright approach, which can still yield impressive results. However, Rollei RPX400 takes a different approach by reducing contrast.

Rollei films have earned an excellent reputation within the same format, particularly for grain control and latitude. RPX400 has medium to low contrast, making it suitable for use in high-contrast environments such as sunny outdoor or indoor lighting. Thanks to its excellent latitude, RPX400 provides ample room for post-processing and contrast control.

RPX400 is an easy-to-develop film thanks to its excellent latitude, making it difficult to produce a bad image. However, to achieve more dramatic contrast, it’s important to carefully study the developing process. Additionally, dramatic lighting during shooting is also necessary, as the film cannot increase contrast on its own.

Among ISO 400 films, RPX is relatively fine-grained, and no significant noise can be detected whether overexposed or underexposed.

RPX400 is highly versatile when used with the Rollei 35 camera, as it can produce good results regardless of whether it is day or night. Nighttime shots are surprisingly clean and sharp, and even in strong sunlight, RPX400 can avoid unpleasant overexposed whites thanks to its low contrast.

Phenix 205-A film camera

I have noticed that the Phenix 205 is unusually affordable, priced at just the cost of a Leica UV filter. However, one should not underestimate the Phenix 205 based on its price alone. The camera body comes with a 50mm lens that delivers satisfactory performance when fully open. Its center sharpness is also impressive when shooting indoors within a range of 2 meters. The sharpness is further enhanced when the aperture is stopped down to f/4 or f/8. Although it falls short in terms of detail in darker areas when compared to Leica lenses, it remains a great value option.

The Phenix 205 is a Chinese-made camera with a low price. This machine has been produced for more than 40 years.

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Lucky color super 200 color negative film

The 2013 film has actually expired. This film was sent by a friend. He kept it at room temperature, and it was still very good. Lucky Film is a Chinese film brand.

The quality of Lucky color super 200 film is very good, a little Kodak Gold 200 feels, even better. It was really cheap then. Unfortunately, this film is rarely seen.