Film expert info needed

[WINTER]

For a regular 35mm camera - which is better film quality or is there a difference between Fuji, Polaroid and Kodak? Also, for day/night - all conditions, would 400 or 800 speed be best? Thanks!

 

[Anewman]

Fuji vs Kodak would be a subjective thing, some prefer colors from kodak and some prefer Fuji. Polaroid is seen as a budget brand(not that it is bad).

100 would give you better photos in sunny situations.
400 would be more of a versatile film.
800 would be better for lower light situations.

 

[WINTER]

Would 800 be ok if it was sunny out?

 

[Anewman]

Would 800 be ok if it was sunny out?

"Ok" yes it will be "ok", but not optimal. Color and grain will not be as good as if shot with a slower speed film.

 

[MICKEY88]

Kodak is considered a warm film , reds and yellows
fuji cool film...blues and greens


polaroid, don't bother it will be grainier....


if you know for a fact that you will be shooting all daytime, sunny conditions, 100 is best

if you're shooting all night stuff 800 is best.

my personal preference was 400 that way I only had to deal with one type of film, could stock my bag with a lot of film...and was good to go, whatever I was shooting....

the 800 won't really give you any more noticeable grain if your pictures are properly exposed or slightly over exposed, the grain will come out in underexposed images...


if you want optimum color we could get into the expiration date, and how to buy film based on the date

 

[Kelly Grannell]

It really depends on what you want. You really need to learn each effect by trial and error and judge it by yourself. Also every film's grain is different. You may like grain from Fuji Velvia but not Fuji Provia, or you may like the black and white rendition from Ilford instead of Kodak.

Different scenes require different film.

That's why I gave up film, take the picture as clean as I can digitally and use film emulation plugin (AlienSkin Exposure), they are not 100% the same but unless you take super attention to the end result, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

"Ok" yes it will be "ok", but not optimal. Color and grain will not be as good as if shot with a slower speed film.

Or push the aperture to f/22 for every outdoor sunny-day shots Everything will be in focus. Forget about bokeh altogether