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Part Two with Kodak Kodacolor 100.

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 Said this in my last post but I'm going to say it again, I really love what I'm getting out of Kodacolor 100.  I had planned originally for this photowalk to head west deeper into Little Italy, then loop back on Harbord on Clinton, well, time constraints we went up Euclid instead. Also my friend Vicki made me aware of Croft St., an alley that has laneway housing and a lot of decorated garage doors.  Camera: Nikon F3/T, Nikkor AIS lenses.  Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100. 

A First Taste of Kodacolor 100 Through My Nikon F3/T

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 Eastman Kodak has been very busy with their distribution channels and dropped all sorts of film some familiar, some re-named due to Alaris holding onto the Tmax and Portra brand names. In the middle of the product re-patriation Kodak introduced Kodacolor 100 which intrigued me. My friend Ori shot with the film and swears up and down it's not Kodak Alaris Pro Image 100, something else, a tweaked verion of Lomo 100 C-41 maybe? I've shot my share of Pro Image 100 over the years, I find it to be a more neutral medium speed film compared to the very punchy Ektar 100.  From my last stint with Pro Image 100 was in May with my Spotmatic II and Super Multi Coated Takumar glass, the resutls were quite neutral, pleasant and just delivers. Kodacolor 100 has a bit more punch, not Ektar 100 saturation but there's a bit more. I can see why my friend Ori likes this film a lot. I do too.  Kodacolor 100 is easy to scan, I just use the Pro Image 100 setting in Silverfast with very minimal ...