Marketed as a professional film, Kodak Ektar 100 35mm claims to be "The World's Finest Grain Color Negative Film". The quality of the result it is utterly unique. I shot a roll mainly last weekend - mainly outdoors under the big sky light of the East Coast of Yorkshire. I used a LOMO LC-A which I feel really suits this film - I've shot a roll before using a LEICA AF-C1 and the results were 'OK' (here's a link to 'em) - but the LC-A / Ektar combo has produced some winning results.
Here's a few of my faves from the roll (more here on my flickr stream). These are 'SOOC' or 'Straight Out Of Camera' - they look a bit cross processed - but they're not. It's a negative film processed with bog standard (Max Spielmann 1 hour) C41 processing. Without further ado..
The eyes have itSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
RoadkillSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
A boat in FileySee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
Baby and dogSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
Finally, there's me look - in a triple exposure whammy of a shot, also featuring my dog, and the middle of Harrogate.
Triple ExposureSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
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I been using Ektar for about a year now, its a great film. The best colour neg film I have seen, however its not up there with colour slide film. I do miss Ektachrome.
Yea - I love it - it's far from sympathetic to reality; I think that's why I like it. I haven not tried Ektachrome - I've spotted on on Ebay a few times (might have to give it a whirl!). I have cross processed tranny a few time recently but not sent it to be e6'd for ages. May give it a go. Do you have any examples of your work online?
Yes, you can check out this https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151625691031460&type=1 they were shot on Ektar & my last roll of Ektachrome (sadly no longer with us). The windmill shots are Ektachrome. I have just ordered 10 rolls of Agfachrome, what I have seen my prove to be a good replacement.
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