150722_1_19
Testshot of Kodak Ultramax 400. This film is often reported as rather grainy, hence this is a try with exposure ISO lowered to 320.
This setting was recommended even for the Portra 400, so the logical question was if this film would benefit from such an ISO setting, too. In general it is said that underexposing C41 films increases grain, so a little overexposure might reduce the grain.
Please compare for yourself, this is the fullsize scan from a Coolscan V / Vuescan, not sharpened, only lightly edited on color and gradation.
It should be mentioned that this film was developed by a local lab using Kodak chemistry. In theory C41 is supposed to be a highly standardised process, but possibly one chemistry is more standardised than the other.
Taken using Contax 167MT with 2.8/135mm Yashica ML
150722_1_19
Testshot of Kodak Ultramax 400. This film is often reported as rather grainy, hence this is a try with exposure ISO lowered to 320.
This setting was recommended even for the Portra 400, so the logical question was if this film would benefit from such an ISO setting, too. In general it is said that underexposing C41 films increases grain, so a little overexposure might reduce the grain.
Please compare for yourself, this is the fullsize scan from a Coolscan V / Vuescan, not sharpened, only lightly edited on color and gradation.
It should be mentioned that this film was developed by a local lab using Kodak chemistry. In theory C41 is supposed to be a highly standardised process, but possibly one chemistry is more standardised than the other.
Taken using Contax 167MT with 2.8/135mm Yashica ML