THE LOOK OF COLOR NEGATIVE FILM (C41)

EXPANDING CREATIVITY BY CHOOSING ANALOG

THE VARIOUS COLOR NEGATIVE FILMS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
These are emulations*, not scans, so they may not be perfect but are very close to the film stock and normal processing.

This sample of film stock was taken from the Amazon inventory. These are the films you can buy today from Amazon. Other outlets may stock additional emulsions, but I wanted to keep it easy.

The photo on the right is one of my favorite portraits. 

Briana and I were out making photos (something we do whenever we can) and I noticed the stick above in sharp focus with her below in exquisite dappled light.

The shot on the right is the export of the RAW image. Nothing has been done to it, just a straight conversion and over to this page.

Below is the same image as if it had been shot by these various C-41 films. 
(Again, all are available at Amazon.com)

The only thing I did to the image was apply the film emulsion emulation – there is no sharpening, or color correction, or dodge/burn… nothing. Straight photo to straight photo with emulation.

Canon 6D, 35mm F2 YongNuo lens ($90 on Amazon)

*These emulations are very accurate and come from RNI. I have heard good things about Mastin Labs as well.)

RAW straight from capture, no adjustment.

Kodak Gold 200

Kodak Ektar 100.

Kodak Color Plus 200

Kodak Portra 160

Kodak Portra 400

Kodak Portra 800

Fuji Superia 200

Fuji Superia 400

Fuji Pro400

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