Fujifilm C200 35mm 36exp Colour Film 5 Pack

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Its qualities actually give you more freedom to shoot. The wide exposure latitude and dynamic range, which to be fair most other consumer grade films have too, make it highly unlikely your results are going to be over or underexposed, even on a bright beach. C200 is a C-41 color negative film. Fuji says that it's designed for "flexibility and ease of use". And that part is true. Consumer market films are more forgiving so you can over and under expose a decent amount and still get usable results. On the other hand - the colors might not be as nice and grain can be more noticeable. Fujicolor C200 is the kind of film that’s available almost everywhere film is sold. If you have a place local to you that sells a large variety of film off the shelf, they probably should have this. Or if not, at least the C-less Fujicolor 200 version. Both Fujifilm and Kodak have struggled to meet demand for colour negative film as analogue photography has regained popularity over the last five years. But the situation has been exacerbated since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020.

Fujicolor C200 is Fujicolor 200 though, so you can take this as a review of both. For the remainder of it, I’ll be using the name C200 only, as that’s what I’ve shot. The other claim was "image quality and clarity you expect from ISO100 films". I'm not so sure about this one. It definitely has a decent amount of grain. Kodak Gold had the same "issue" ( in quotes because grain is not always bad ). C200 has less grain than Gold but it's there. Not sure what ISO100 film has more grain than C200 but I don't imagine there are many of those.The first thing that I noticed after developing the first roll was the pink / magenta cast on most of the film. Unexpected. From what I've read about C200 and what I've seen from other Fuji films - it's green shadows. Not a magenta cast. The cast is not super strong in all pictures but you can definitely feel it.

Finally, C200’s image qualities lend themselves to street photography pretty well too. Those more-subdued-than-Kodak hues mean your scenes and skin tones remain realistic, and the low grain and sharpness help keep them clean. And while C200 might be average in the film world, consider that it’s a product long-made by one of the very best film manufacturers in the actual world. Compared to most other things on this planet, it does a very good job of reproducing your images. It’s different stuff to the plain old Fuji Superia 200 and Superia X-TRA 400 that can look similar at first glance in search results, by the way. The latter is 400 rather than 200 for a start, and the former was discontinued in 2017 – so beware buying expired film there. I didn't recommend landscape photography for Kodak Gold 200. C200 can handle them better. It won't beat slide film or more professional grade film but together with a good lens - detailed shots are possible.

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Fujicolor C200 (or 200, as it’s now known in the US) is a fine-grained consumer colour negative film which has been in production since 1990. In 2017, the film’s chemistry was revamped boasting “super fine grain technology”. At the same time the more modern Superia 200 colour film was discontinued. While it makes sense now, the move will most certainly have a negative long-term effect on the entire film community. As Jeb so eloquently put it in his piece on AgfaPhoto Vista 200’s discontinuation, “When a film that helps bring people into film photography goes away, the teetering tent threatens to fold.” And the tent is not only beginning to fold, but is completely collapsing, especially for the average everyday film shooter. The absence of these films would make it that much harder for new and less moneyed shooters to experience film photography for themselves. UPDATE: The film’s datasheet bears a striking resemblance to that of a Kodak colour negative film’s – read Kosmo Foto’s story. However, we’re all special in our own way, and I think a case could be made for C200 actually being special too. You just have to look on the bright side of its averageness. Having liked the film myself, that’s exactly what I’m going to do in this review. The first and most obvious of these is the low price, which means you can spend less energy worrying about how much each shot costs you and more worrying about making photographs.

Forget the iPhone’s Portrait mode, Fujifilm C200 is what you need to capture amazing portraits 😅 Specification Format:

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So, what is Fujicolor C200? Well, first up, it’s Fujicolor 200. Second, it’s probably not a film for producing fine art with. But, in my opinion, it’s a pretty good budget film for when you’re just out there preserving memories. If you shoot your C200 before it expires, you can most likely get away with not storing in your fridge. Of course, I wouldn’t leave it in direct sunlight or next to my oven either, but keeping it in a cool, dry cupboard for the relatively short time you have it should suffice. They also mean C200 is ideal for point ‘n’ shoot cameras that might not meter the light so well or be more restricted with their shutter speed. Fujicolor C200 is a 5500°k daylight balanced, consumer-grade ISO 200 colour negative film that’s available in 35mm format only. In some territories, it may be available as plain old Fujicolor 200, without the C.

On the other hand, Kodak Alaris IS returning certain admired films to their offerings – hopefully this will include the long-promised return of Ektachrome slide film. Perhaps it’s because Kodak doesn’t manufacture a serious line of digital cameras in which to emulate certain film looks…Or maybe they DO see a market that Fuji doesn’t. Or maybe they’re just real decent folks with a concept of loyalty to loyal customers… I’ve shot a bit of Kodak’s main competitor at that price point, Colorplus 200, and I haven’t been overly impressed with it. Sure its probably great for general snapshots and things, but I’d never choose it for portraits over C200. One thread on the Reddit board Analog Community referred to changes to the film’s datasheet in the US, which was updated in December 2021. ( See the post here.) The film also has a wide exposure latitude, which means you’ll have to try hard to really under or overexpose it. I think a good place to test this out would be a sunny day at the beach, with the strong light and bright sands giving the film the perfect excuse if it couldn’t handle it.I’d suggest for a pro film, things like, fine grain, high micro-contrast and good subjective sharpness, with good colour consistency under a range of conditions – and of course the higher price. In reality most cheaper consumer grade films I find get to 80% of the performance of ‘professional grade’ films. It’s only when being super-critical or shooting in sub-optimal lighting conditions do the differences emerge. The images shown here really, really don’t do C200 much justice – they all look quite muddy and appear under-exposed to me. For instance, with advice from a pro photo lab, I would never even consider pushing any colour film, much less C200! The English-language version of the datasheet for Fujicolor C200 has a diagram showing the film’s spectral sensitivity curves. It’s not like a JCH Street Pan 400, or a CineStill 800T, or a Kodak Ektachrome E100; all of which genuinely are special in their own ways, and are often used to shoot their own specialised kind of photography. Street, neon signs, and colourful inanimate objects respectively.