Kodak "High Definition" 400

[Touchdown]

Anybody else tried this lately. I found a 3 pack at Target ojne day, and decided to take it for a spin.

Not impressed with the color saturation. Everything looks washed out, and hazy. The fine grain, which Kodak bragged about on the box was a bit better than other 400s (especially the Agfa 400 24+3 film in the red canister), but the bland color was unimpressive.

...or could it be the processing lab's fault? Anybody else have experience with Kodak's HD film?

[DS1]

1. I stopped using Kodak film after my first roll of Fuji

:shrug:

[RagingInMiami]

2. In all the newsrooms I've worked at

They've only used Fuji. That was, of course, before digital replaced film.

[regnaD kciN]

3. And, in a way...

...I miss the days of different film emulsions and the corresponding change in image "look." It just isn't the same, debating over whether Lexar or SanDisk memory cards give you more accurate color. ;-) Of course, Fred Miranda does have a very nice Photoshop plug-in that allows you to emulate the response curves of Fuji Velvia.

[Touchdown]

4. Funny, in all the studios I worked in, we used medium format.

...I guess they still do, since there probably won't be a 50+megapixel camera to replace 670 format for less than $3million for a while.

Some that used Hasselblads and Mamiyas used Illford and Fuji, but the fixed protrait studios used the massive Pentaxes with a magazine full of 600 shot Kodak big rolls in a can (who knows how much a roll of that costs).

[F.Gordon]

8. You shoot film and digital?

I'm sorta kinda thinkin about getting an ES Canon filmsie body. I want to get into some slide and true infrared stuff. Since I already have a lens or three.... any reasonably priced recommendations?

[Touchdown]

9. I never used Canons, but people say the EOS Elan is fantastic.

It's sort of the midway camera between the Rebel and their pro cameras. You should ask a Canon user what to recommend. I'm sure that you can get them second hand for $150 or so. Canons are usually very reliable in build quality.

I've used Nikon for years, and an old manual Minolta from my younger days.

[F.Gordon]

10. Thanks! I checked it out

A used one is fairly reasonable and the Elan is good for 100,000 plus clicks. I'm still looking for a good fully manual 35er as well for 15-30 minute exposures (night stuffaroo). I knew I should have bought that one I saw awhile ago. :eyes:

For "in the field" stuff it'd be nice to have 2 bodies.... can't afford another digital body... so a 35mm would be kewl to have. The problem I'm having with changing lenses out in the dirt and muck is getting the sensor dirty. I'm ever sooooooo careful... I change in a bag.. keep the body pointed down but something always seems to find its way in.
:-(

... and cleaning the sensor is like a photog version of performing open heart surgery. One wrong move.. dead "patient".

[DS1]

11. I have an older EOS Rebel G that I swap out the lenses with

It's still a good camera, and I've tried the Elan a few times - very nice and very cheap compared to a Digital Rebel. I think the eye tracking function is amazingly slick

[Deja Q]

5. It's VERY grainy and it gets the colors WAY off-hue...

Caucasian skin tones look sunburnt!

Pure yellows look yellow-orange. :puke:

It's rubbish.

It's also Kodak; they stopped being serious about film for some time now.

[BamaGirl]

6. I've tried it, and as with most Kodak films, the color

sucks. I'll stick with Fuji.

[lutefisk]

7. I tried it and it was horrible.

I had two rolls developed at different labs- one came out grainy and green, the other better, but still much like what you described. Much depends on the match between the specific film and the lab. I guess finding a good match in that respect would be important.