![]() ![]() There are many, many more places where PE and others tout the benefits of a separate bleach/fix over blix. It is what I have been saying all along!” (Comment #352 at ) I even sense a larger tonal range, and deeper blacks. 35mm almost seemed unusable before, but the results I just got here have true life. ![]() The biggest difference is the reduction in grain and increase in sharpness. After using blix for the last two years, I’m dumbfounded. “I used up developer from a tetenal kit I had on the go, so the biggest difference was using separate bleach and fix. The following discussion that another forum member started was very interesting to me: ” However, I can say that use of a blix instead of a real bleach then fix cycle is the root of many problems.” (Comment #356 at ) He has made a lot of statements on this subject on this site, including such gems as this: This particular employee goes by the moniker “PE” on the popular site APUG (Analog Photography Users’ Group), which has recently been acquired by Photorio. If you have ever felt that way, then you’ll know how I felt when I first came across comparison statements made by a former Kodak-Eastman employee on the difference in C-41 with blix versus separate bleach/fix. The better your lens is, the better it will look.Have you ever read something before and been left with a nagging feeling that what you read discounted what you knew and made you feel like you weren’t doing as good as you could? And then did you spend months trying to rationalize that what you were doing was just fine and didn’t need to be improved? It’s grain is nearly unnoticeable in 135 format, and invisible in the larger formats. Resolution/GrainĮKTAR_100 has excellent resolution and very fine grain. Dynamic Range/Exposure LatitudeĮKTAR_100 has excellent dynamic range and can easily be the film that most other C-41 films are compared to in terms of shadow detail and highlight detail. EKTAR_100 has enough over-exposure headroom to handle 3-4 stops over exposure. #Kodak c 41 process isoIt is recommended that you incident meter for the darkest part of the image where you want to retain detail and subtract 2 stops from that, or if you don’t have an incident meter, place your exposure compensation to +1, or manually set the ISO of your camera to ISO 50 and that will result in totally usable negatives. Exposure GuidanceĬ-41 color negative films are pretty standardized, where you have roughly 4 1/3 stops of shadow detail below middle gray and several stops of detail above middle gray, and EKTAR_100 is no different. The C-41 process is very standardized, and we monitor our process with Kodak control strips to ensure that the process is within specification to ensure that the film is correctly developed. If you send your film in to us here at Simple Film Lab, we develop EKTAR_100 with Kodak’s Flexicolor line of C-41 processing chemicals. Ektar 100 has ultra-vivid color and saturation relative to their Portra line and is ideal for landscapes, fashion, and product photography. ![]() ![]() This film features medium speed (ISO 100/21° in the standard Kodak C-41 process), very fine grain, daylight (5500K) color balance, and fine resolving power. It was released in 2008 and is available in 35mm roll, 120 roll, and 4×5 sheet formats. #Kodak c 41 process professionalEktar 100 is a professional fine grain film with ultra-vivid colors for nature, travel & fashion photography. This tech page is for Kodak Ektar 100 Film, or EKTAR_100, which is it’s film code. Created/modified Kodak Ektar 100 Film Profile/Review ![]()
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