Comments on: 5 Color Films That Cost Less Than Kodak Portra 400 https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/ Cameras and Photography Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Thomas Cervenak https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/#comment-22044 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:29:48 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=30321#comment-22044 Yes to Kodak 200. That was my goto film when my kids were younger and it was easier to get good local development. Would shoot family events with a Pancolar f2 50mm on my Exakta. Family members would ask how I got such great clear and bright photos with almost a 3D look. I am sold on Kodak Gold 200!

]]> By: Huss https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/#comment-22026 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:36:07 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=30321#comment-22026 In reply to Ricky D Hargrove.

It’s made up for it with gear that is pennies on the dollar. I bought (and later sold) an F3 in 1989. It was about $1000 back then. Which with inflation is about $2400 now. I paid $200 a couple of years ago for an F3.

Plus of course if you take inflation into account, film is about the same price now as it was in the 1970s

]]> By: Huss https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/#comment-22024 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:30:08 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=30321#comment-22024 Fuji 200 is being made again in Japan. Here is a pic of some I recently bought last fall in the USA, w/ expiry date of 2024. Clearly says made in Japan.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/39133227@N08/47e7c49KW1

One film that should be mentioned is re-spooled Kodak Aerocolor IV. This available from quite a few places now relabelled depending on the seller. Utrafineonline sells it as ‘Elektra 100″. Other places sell it as SantaColor 100. I get it from Popho Camera that sells it as Luminaire 100. About $12/36 exp from any of them.

Super fine grain, really sharp, and the reds really pop! Highly recommended.

Some pics I took w it:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/39133227@N08/qMq7r2a3T8

https://www.flickr.com/gp/39133227@N08/Qou397dRK3

https://www.flickr.com/gp/39133227@N08/sMw68wDh58

https://www.flickr.com/gp/39133227@N08/gR1P5564tv

https://www.flickr.com/gp/39133227@N08/u6Aw692i1m

]]> By: el.mediocre https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/#comment-22006 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 03:48:16 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=30321#comment-22006 In reply to Tobias W..

I’m in King County!

]]> By: Alberto https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/#comment-22004 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:19:27 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=30321#comment-22004 In reply to anton.

Not just the US, I bought some “made in USA” Fuji 200 a few months ago in the UK.

]]> By: Sam Gustafson https://casualphotophile.com/2023/03/03/kodak-portra-alternative-cheap/#comment-22003 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:37:16 +0000 https://casualphotophile.com/?p=30321#comment-22003 For 24 exposures no less. Color film was never cheap.

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