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Fujifilm Fujicolor C200 Film Stock Review
When it comes to daylight film, you can probably think of a ton of the top of your head, but what about a daylight film that is also cost-effective and extremely versatile? Fujicolor C200 should be one of the top film stocks that comes to mind. Designed as an easy-to-use film stock for all photographers shooting in daylight or indoors with flash, this film stock is the perfect way to break into film photography to learn more about daylight film while not breaking the bank! Today I’ll be going over some of the benefits and features of C200, so without any further ado, let’s get into the Fujifilm Fujicolor C200 film stock review.
Photo: Matt Moloney
Fujifilm Fujicolor C200
Like I had mentioned in the introduction, Fujicolor C200 is a color negative 35mm film stock that is created for daylight use, but also works really well indoors with flash. This film stock includes the new Super Uniform Fine Grain Technology to achieve high image quality when printing on Fujicolor photo papers. Some photographers have said that, “There’s nothing special about C200…It’s an entirely nondescript, unglamorous film that simply does the job it’s required to do – render images on film.(CasualPhotophile)” However, I disagree - I think this film is really well-made and captures daylight better than Kodak Gold 200 or Portra 160. Let’s go over some of the features and benefits and you’ll see why. (Source: Fujicolor C200)
Features
Fujicolor C200 is one of the most advanced daylight film stocks and has many features that set it apart amongst other film stocks:
Excellent Grain Quality…………………………………………….. Fine grain film, providing no loss of image quality even in large prints.
Wide Exposure Latitude……………………………………………. Stable, clear results in a wide variety of settings.
Excellent Skin Color Reproduction…………………………….. Smooth, natural skin tones for portraits.
Professional Sharpness……………………………………………… Extremely sharp depiction of all aspects of the subject, from overall form to texture details.
(Source: Fujifilm C200)
Benefits
Because Fujicolor 200 is a daylight film stock with fine grain it’s a really versatile film stock that you can use in almost any situation. In addition to this, many users have even said that it’s capabilities go beyond being versatile at 200 ISO. Photographers that use C200 a lot have said that for their preference, shooting C200 at box speed seemed dull and lacked color, but pushing the film speed to 400 or 800 helped create more contrast and deeper, more vivid colors.
Now, I’ve heard of pushing/pulling film before, but often times I either forget to try it, or I just haven’t shot that certain film stock enough to know what it looks like at box speed just from looking at it. This is one of those cases where I have’t shot that many rolls of Fujicolor C200, maybe only 5-10, and I’d prefer to know what the film stock is intended to look like before I try out pushing/pulling (unless I’m in a setting that requires pushing/pulling). Regardless, having a film stock that not only performs at multiple speeds, but perform really well, or even better, is absolutely incredible!
Another benefit of this film stock is that it can be processed with CN-16 of C-41 processing methods. This allows you ease-of-development as most film labs and stores still use these methods!
The last key benefit that we have for this film, and probably the most important to myself and many of you - the price. This film stock is one of the most affordable 35mm film stocks on the market, going for $3-$5 usually, which means it is a great film to start out with when you’re learning and also great for when you have a shoot where you’re going to need a lot of photos, but may not have a huge budget. Having a versatile film that’s also cheap is always fun because it helps you work around things like budget and # of photos.
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We hope you enjoyed this film stock review - if you have any questions or thoughts about Fujifilm Fujicolor C200, feel free to leave a comment below or reach out to me on Instagram @matt_moloney.
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#filmphotography #photography #productreviews #c200 #color #colornegative #colornegativefilm #daylight #exposure #film #filmstock #filmstockreview #fujicolor #fujifilm #latitude #mattmoloney #negative #review #vivid posted by pod_feeder_v2
so i had an experience with expired (in 1991) fujichrome 50, and all the shots look overexposed by one-twe stops. after some research i found out that:
Negative films fog darker with age (or temperature), as grains get thermally, chemically, or cosmic ray exposed. Negative films have a large exposure latitude, so you can increase exposure to get above the fog.
Reversal films fog lighter with age. That is why photos may look overexposed. But they don’t have the large exposure latitude, so you can’t increase exposure to get above the fog. You are squeezed between fog and the top of the curve.
#photography #slide #reversal #negative #positive #fujichrome #film #filmphotography #expired
i have learned an interesting way of developing b/w film.
first of all, you don’t need to buy a developer, like d76 or rodinal. you can make a better developer yourself. (:
for that you need: solution number zero:
Dilute this in one litre of water.
solution number one:
Keep the film for 7 minutes in the first solution, then 7 minutes in the second solution. if you feel you need more details in shadows, then keep up to 15 minutes for the second time.
what is important, and what distinguishes this process, from d76 is that you never can “spoil” the negative. whatever ISO is it, however long you keep the film in the fluids, it will “expose” what is on the film, but it won’t go beyond that. I even got to know how does that work chemically, but i cannot explain that myself.
this solution is also known as Kodak D23, or “hungry development”.
By the way, you don’t need to buy a “Stop bath” solution as well. Just get %5 solution of Acetic Acid and dilute it in one litre of water. That’s your stop bath. (:
For instance, this one works very well:
Also, it is possible to get a fixer from the med lab, which works with x-rays processing, but i haven’t learnt that yet. (:
#photography #photo #developer #development #d76 #d23 #black_and_white #black-and-white #bw #negative
at the left side is the scan, probably made by John Maloof, I guess with Epson V700 and published at his blog back in 2009. at the right side is, I guess, professional digitization, made with, I guess, Better Light Super 8K-HS, from the same negative, published at the vivianmaier.com site. of course it’s not only about technology, but also about perception and sense of aethetics, and experience of the person who made the digitizing.
the left scan is more contrasty and darker. the right scan leaves much better impression.
#digitizing #scan #digitization #perception #contrast #experience #epson_v700 #better_light_super_8K-HS #negative #photography #vivian_maier
