Peterborough Ontario in Colour with Kodak Pro Image 100
Kodak Pro Image 100 is medium speed C-41 film that historically was available in some parts of the world and not others. To my understanding Lomography sells it under their brand name by the container load. While using order emulsion technology compared to Ektar 100 or Portra 160, Pro Image 100 has the advantage of being very tolerent of wide temperature swings.
Now available in North America Pro Image 100 is only available in 35mm x36 exposure cannisters in five packs. Now, it will pay to shop smart as pricing is all over the map. Both the Film Photography Project and BH Photo sell the Pro Image five packs for the equivelent of about $35 Cad. Meanwhile locally the price per roll is about $14 CAD. I'm big on supporting local businesses, but the math just doesn't add up in this case.
I shot my roll of Pro Image 100 through my Leica M3 with the Type One Collapsible 50 f2 Summicron lens. So we have the pinnacle of mid 1950s 35mm optics to work with. It was also a bright sunny day. The film has latitude and handled a wide variety of shooting situations really well. I'm really happy how the film handled skin tones in the shade with Jo-Anne below. Being a bright sunny day I pretty much set things at 1/250 F11 out in the open and opened up the aperture in the shade where appropriate. No muss, no fuss.
Will I buy more? Yes, just not locally for the reasons stated above. Stay tuned as I'm going to give Color Plus 200 a try. That film has what's best described a 1980s look. If that's the case it will be shot through my Nikon FE2, a 1980s camera.
Camera: Leica M3, Type One 50 f2 Summicron lens.
Film: Kodak Pro Image 100.
Now available in North America Pro Image 100 is only available in 35mm x36 exposure cannisters in five packs. Now, it will pay to shop smart as pricing is all over the map. Both the Film Photography Project and BH Photo sell the Pro Image five packs for the equivelent of about $35 Cad. Meanwhile locally the price per roll is about $14 CAD. I'm big on supporting local businesses, but the math just doesn't add up in this case.
I shot my roll of Pro Image 100 through my Leica M3 with the Type One Collapsible 50 f2 Summicron lens. So we have the pinnacle of mid 1950s 35mm optics to work with. It was also a bright sunny day. The film has latitude and handled a wide variety of shooting situations really well. I'm really happy how the film handled skin tones in the shade with Jo-Anne below. Being a bright sunny day I pretty much set things at 1/250 F11 out in the open and opened up the aperture in the shade where appropriate. No muss, no fuss.
Will I buy more? Yes, just not locally for the reasons stated above. Stay tuned as I'm going to give Color Plus 200 a try. That film has what's best described a 1980s look. If that's the case it will be shot through my Nikon FE2, a 1980s camera.
Camera: Leica M3, Type One 50 f2 Summicron lens.
Film: Kodak Pro Image 100.
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