COMPARISON FUJIFILM X-TRA 400 SHOT AT 200 ISO VS 400 ISO

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FUJIFILM X-TRA 400 SHOT AT 200 ISO VS 400 ISO (S'UP WITH THAT?)

 

Note: All these shots on the same roll of film, shot with my Nikon FM2 with 85mm f1.4D lens/scanned with my Nikon D850 (ES2/95 light source).

 

For a range of photos see my Instagram post @vintagecameras.ca

 

So a while ago I heard about people shooting this one particular film (and only this one), Fujifilm X-TRA 400 ISO at one stop less light, at 200 ISO.

 

This is not the same as "push/pull photography" because all the photos exampled here came from the same roll of film and I developed them as though it was all shot at "box speed" of 400 ISO (same developing time).

 

I have done absolutely nothing to the contrast or post editing except to crop 2 photos as some were conflicting aspect ratios.

 

So the argument is (again with only this film) that the Fujifilm 400 shot at 200 gives a more pastel color pallet making it somewhat more "campy" such as say a Lomography acetate would render. This because this film colors are already heavily saturated by default when Fuji 400 is shot at its intended 400 ISO box speed.

 

I will let you be the judge as it would be a mistake for me to to claim one is better than the other. The whole point of this exercise in posting all these film examples is to help YOU find YOUR personal film "flavor".

 

Your comments and own experience is welcome :-)

 

Robin

PS: SHOOT FILM!

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