Back in the Beaches for a March Break

 Been a long while since I last shot Fuji Superia 400, with Kodak's ongoing supply chain issues, I wanted a versatile relatively cheap and cheerful colour negative film to shoot with. Ultramax 400 currently is very hard to find, so lets grab 18 rolls of Superia 400 and have some fun. 

I rate my 400 ISO colour film usually around 250 ISO (Portra 400 closer to 320) just get the colours to pop and I shot with my Olympus OM-2n, haven't used it in while might was well give her a workout on my dog and house sitting stay in the Beaches. Superia 400 I find much easier to scan than Portra 400 and I find there is a lot less hassle in the colour balance side so in Lightroom I was just cropping, removing the odd spec of dust and lightly sharpening as needed. Zuiko glass I find pretty neutral, I would be very curious to see how Canon FD, Nikkor and Minolta glass handle this film. 


Camera: Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko MC lenses. 

Film: Fuji Superia 400 



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