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| Here is a first look of the new Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film. I got my first batch of this film processed today, and I thought I would share some quick results. 
I found the film very easy to scan, the scanner software reported that the film was quite flat. Additionally, the image you see above is almost what came out of the scanner, after resizing it and converting it to JPG. The only adjustments were levels; no saturation or sharpening was used at all. I picked this particular image, not because its a great image, but because it shows off the saturation of the film quite well. This image was taken in the Chinatown area of downtown Honolulu, on a Nikon F6 camera, with a Nikkor 24-120mm Zoom lens, with a polarizing filter. The camera was handheld. I'll be posting more images from this film, over the next few days. My initial impression is that it's a very nice film, beautiful colors and very sharp.
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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I used a Minolta 5400 Elite II desktop scanner; scanning at 5400dpi, 16-bit (a whopping 200MB file). I'll be doing more scanning this evening, to explore more of this film. I had the local Ritz camera process the film (I was roll #2, 3 and 4 for the day  ).
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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| Here are a few more images: 
Once again, none of these images has been color corrected, sharpened nor saturated. They are as they came out of the scanner, with only minor levels adjustments. All images, except the last are from downtown Honolulu, the last image was a Waimea Bay on Oahu's North Shore. All images taken with a Nikon F6 and Nikkor 24-120mm zoom lens. Your thoughts on this film are welcomed and appreciated.
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
Website: www.visionlandscapes.com
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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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| For those interested, here is a 200% blow-up of one of the images to show the grain structure. 
As you can see, this film has pretty tight grain, and is sharp, even at this magnification - keep in mind, these shots were handheld on a slow shutter speed.
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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| Nice photos. I am particularly interested in the picture of the road with the brightly lit white buildings in the background. The detail in the shaddows is nice. Did you adjust contrast at all? Overall, pretty impressive.
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| Unfortunately, for some reason, that image is a real low resolution scan. I'll have to rescan it before I can post any closeups of that image. The only modifications I did was adjust the levels - scanning transparencies seems to make them real flat looking, so I get the constrast back by adjusting the levels. But, I didn't use any curves or additional contrast adjustments (nor satuation for that matter).
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
Website: www.visionlandscapes.com
Blog: visionlandscapes.spaces.live.com
"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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| That's pretty exciting stuff. I just may have to get my old 35mm back up and running for this. 
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Robert,
Did you shoot the film at box speed? I have heard that shooting it at 64 helps in the shadows. I have a roll now that I am going to test when I go to Florida next week. Just curious, I have never used a ND grad filter with neg film, would Ektar behave differently than a slide film?
D.
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roteague (11/30/2008)
As you can see, this film has pretty tight grain, and is sharp, even at this magnification - keep in mind, these shots were handheld on a slow shutter speed.
Yes, that is a very nice grain. Very, very nice, in fact. I've got to get some of this film.
Cheers,
Tom
Tom, on Point Pelee, Canada
http://tomoverton.images.googlepages.com
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