Great outdoor colour film??

Question

Hi. I am looking for a really nice outdoor 35 mm colour film for taking pictures of landscapes and such. I like bright vivid colours and oftern take pictures of very contrasts scenes..such as mountains,,ect. Any recommendations??

Answer 1

If you want very saturated color, Velvia slide film is the head honcho of garish color. Fuji has a new emulsion now for Velvia, but slides are unforgiving of exposure. If you have a point & shoot, you probably want to use negative film for prints.

In daylight, you really don't need 800 speed. Kodak 400UC is pretty nice all around film with saturated warm color. I like to shoot 100 speed Kodak UC, or even the regular Gold 100. (Hard to find at the big box store, I order mine from B&H Photo.) Another often overlooked fim is plain old consumer Kodak Gold 200. Great skin tones and fairly saturated, very sharp when overexposed by 1/3 to 1/2 stop.

Kodak is warm colored, Fuji is cooler. If you have lots of green, the plain consumer Fuji film really makes green pop. I find Fuji leaves a bit of magenta in the sky, which can be corrected during printing. Also, I don't care for consumer Fuji skin tones. The NPH was pretty good for portraits, I think it is discontinued and some other emulsion is available, not sure what it's called, maybe just "Pro"?

If the dynamic range in your subject exceeds the latitude of your film, you will have featureless areas of shadow or highlights, no matter what film you use. In slides (and digital) you expose for the highlights and let the shadows fall where they may. Shooting negatives, you usually expose for the shadows and let the hghlights go. It also depends on what sort of look you're after. Or you can use a graduated neutral density filter to obtain a more even exposure.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

As far as film goes, there isn't much difference other than film speed or ISO rating. 400 or 800 speed film should do great for outdoors and bright vivid colors, but it also depends on what camera you use and its settings. If you're using a disposable camera, you're not likely to get very great photos. If you are using an more advanced SLR, it has various different modes you can choose from to capture different scenes. They have both fully and semi-automatic modes for landscapes that give great depth of field and by keeping a pretty wide focal length you can capture awesome photos, even with film. If you have a point and shoot style camera, you're pretty limited in your ability to be creative. With that type camera, you want to use 800 speed film and hold the camera as steady as you can and snap away. I haven't owned a point and shoot 35mm camera in at least 15 years so I really couldn't say what kinds of p/s cameras out nowadays. I imagine there are some that offer user selectable functions. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Hello. I usually recommend using Fujifilm as it is real good quality film and usually costs less than Kodak. As for film speed, I would NOT recommend using 800 speed for outdoors. Why? Because this is a really FAST film, so it will be exposed in less time therefore giving less time for more color to get in on the film. A real slow film like 100 speed would be real good and would do well for bringing out colors, but the basic recommendation is for using it only when it's SUNNY outside. You could kind of make due well with partly sunny, but it would be best to just use 200. This speed would work well when it's sunny and more cloudy. It's slow enough to get more in on it and be seen better in your prints. I've often heard that if you want to get really good colors use a really slow film like ISO50 and use a long exposure. You'll need a tripod for this, so be advised. Generally for most applications 400 speed is real good and you can get fairly good prints up to 16x20 or so. If you really want to get rich colors friend, you should try some slide film (E6) at around 100speed. This is my best input for you friend, so good luck and experiment and work on honing your creative muse.

Answer 4

I've never found any distinct differences among film brands but I have been disappointed when the film isn't fresh. Check the expiration date on the box before you purchase. Fresh film coupled with your attention to the details of the camera settings should get you the results you want.

Answer 5

the best-ever super coloration saturation movie replaced into Kodachrome 25. you're able to do what all of us did (and a few human beings nonetheless do) is underexpose your chromes a million/third end (this had extra to do with protecting the highlights interior the scene, besides the undeniable fact that it extra coloration saturation to the image). while shooting exterior a polarizing clear out can help some, based upon what perspective to the sunlight's direction your digicam is pointing