im going to buy some color film for outside and inside pictures!. i want film that shows more warm colors, not cool colors!. which one to buy!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I would say that Kodak Gold 200 is a good general-purpose film that will give a warm tone to your pictures!. It's cheap and you can buy it pretty much anywhere!. It's also very forgiving with the exposure!. Fuji 100 is another good film that gives a warm tone and very saturated colors!. It's a little harder to find than Kodak Gold, but you can find it at Walmart and Target and some other places!. Another good film is Ultra Color 100!. Kodak is going to replace it with another new film called Ektar 100!. You can still buy 100 UC, but you will have to order it or buy it from a camera shop though, since it's considered more of a professional film!. (I don't recommend Ektar 100 though because it has more of a cool tone to it, and it's very unforgiving with the exposure!. It wil give really nice saturated colors, but you have to get the exposure just right)!. Ideally, you should also use a camera with completely manual settings, so you can change the aperture and shutter speed settings!. Color film will really look best if you get the exposure right!. Properly exposed film can capture awesome pictures, with much better resolution and color saturation than a digital camera!.Www@QuestionHome@Com My film of choice for nature/outdoor pictures is Fujicolor Superia Reala ISO 100!. For indoor pictures of people with flash I use Kodak Portra 160NC (ISO 160 Natural Color)!. I've been known to experiment with Kodak Portra 400VC (ISO 400 Vivid Color) outdoors!. An example can be seen at http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/drifter45h/!.!.!. I buy all my film from either http://www!.adorama!.com or http://www!.bhphotovideo!.com or http://www!.uniquephoto!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com Outdoor film is called daylight film and is colour balanced for bright sun!. Indoor film is referred to as tungsten film and is balanced for incandescent light (3400 degrees Kelvin)!. So, you will need to buy two different films to get accurate colour or !.!.!. There is a film that claims to be able to used in both daylight and incandescent lighting!. Try it and see if it works for you!. http://www!.kodak!.com/eknec/documents/4c/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Use normal outdoor film, the standard box of kodak or fuji!. If, by chance!. I assume you have a flash, virtually everyone does with the new cameras, and that will compensate!. If you want a little warmer, put a warming filter on it and everything will be OK!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Tungsten film will give you blue-ish cast if used outdoor!. Daylight film will give you orange-y cast if used indoor!. Www@QuestionHome@Com A good all around film would be 200 unless you are in lowlight and then I would go with 400/Www@QuestionHome@Com normally you have to go with what your heart tells you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |