Fuji Superia 1600 Color Film

[wlewisiii]

Saw this at the supermarket today and had to grab 2 rolls. Anyone out there with experiance, tips, etc? I'm thinking of trying it out in the Kiev tomorrow for my son's 3rd birthday.

William

[Nikon Bob]

Funny, just picked up some Konica Centuria 1600 to try out. Don't know when I will get a chance to use it but maybe we got the makings of a comparison here?

Bob

[Stu :)]

Right I've used both the Fuji and Konica 1600 ISO films before.
If you have a look in my gallery you'll see some Fuji Superia 1600 shots.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/239flying.jpg

Personally I found the colour of the Konica Centuria 1600 a little weak and prefer the colours of the Fuji Superia 1600.

Also with the Fuji Superia 1600 if you push it to 3200 and give it a 1½ stop at the lab, it gives an effect very similar to the now long gone, but loved Scotch 1000.
Best bet with both these films is to rate them at 1600. However you want colour saturation over "grain" then rate them at ISO 1200/1250.

Do you have any specific questions in mind???

Stu :)

[wlewisiii]

Nope, just curious as I've never run into it before. My ancient GE PR-1 llight meter actually has a max of ASA 1600 so I'll just shoot it at that and see what happens.

Should be interesting, if nothing else, to see what that film, a Sonnar 50/2 and my Kiev 4a can do with candles on a birthday cake.

William

[Stu :)]

For one of the candle shots, try using the smallest apature you've got. I found the star-flare effect is quite unique.

Your light meter, is that 1600 ASA or 1600 ISO???

Stu :)

[wlewisiii]

ASA - that was the brand new standard when this meter was made... 1947ish IIUC.

Recently had it checked. Just under a half stop off, so I just shoot what it says and latitude covers it for print film.

William

[Stu :)]

Sweet, go forth 'burn' film... and show us the results and give us your feed back.


Stu :)

[Doug]

Here's a shot with Fujicolor 1600 at EI 1000, using a Minolta CLE and Voigtlander 25mm Snapshot Skopar. In several rolls of this film shot around the same time, I noted a lot of grain and subdued colors. The film was outdated but kept refrigerated, and I'll guess the current 1600 film is better. I'm really happy with NPZ 800, a 35mm sample of which (M2, 50 Skopar) is my Juice Bar Lady http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2179/sort/1/cat/500/page/1

[Laika]

I went to see stand up comic Eddie Izzard a year or two ago and thought I'd try and take a few photos during the performance. I'm sure some people taking snaps with P&S cameras thought I was mad when I pulled out my Zorki 1 and collapsible Ind-22 (loaded with Superia 1600) and took a few shots with no flash (gasp!) hehe. Exposure was best guess because it was too dark to see the exposure meter I took along. I did bracket a couple and got a few decent shots. This one was 1/25th @ F3.5

[nwcanonman]

I'm on my second roll of Fuji 1600, just love it.
This is in my living room next to a 60watt lamp.
Finished some today, in dark rain-forest/handheld stuff. Should be back from the lab next weekend.

[Renzsu]

Looks good in b/w judging from this photo from edward olive:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5238804924_32b6dc52e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardolive/5238804924/)
The groom's portrait - 2pm - contact sheet pictures 13-18 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardolive/5238804924/) by edward olive edwardolive (http://www.flickr.com/people/edwardolive/), on Flickr

[dmr]

I've used it off and on. This one here was taken with the GIII after a re-cal to use 1600. It was dusk at the time of the shot, but it looks almost like daylight. It's really not bad at all.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=29047

[maclaine]

I've only used it a couple of times, but I liked the results I got. Pleasing colors and skin tones. These are crappy lab scans from before I did my own scanning, so I could probably get them to look a little better, particularly the second one where the highlights are blown, but I still think they look fine. The grain has a "color Tri-X" vibe to it.

Camera was an Olympus OM-4, a Zuiko 50mm f/1.4, and a Tamron Adaptall 28mm f/2.5.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2344715730_046444de45_z.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2343888289_6b183868f5_z.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/2343884785_afa77713a1_z.jpg

[Paul Luscher]

Use it all the time for live concert shots. Been using it for years. the only film I will use for dong so. Little grain, as compared to others. Only issue I have is that under tungsten stage lights, skin tones have an orange-yellow cast that hard for me to get rid of in Photoshop.

[ferider]

... a nice film but hard to scan.

http://ferider.smugmug.com/Picture-a-Week/PAW-2010/0810-A/Scan-100801-0027/955712099_Kv4mN-XL.jpg

http://ferider.smugmug.com/Picture-a-Week/PAW-2010/0810-A/Scan-100801-0019/955712031_5kTmS-XL.jpg

http://ferider.smugmug.com/Picture-a-Week/2009/052509/r1-Scan-090604-0028/555308972_wuc2n-XL.jpg

Roland.

[Jamie Pillers]

Roland,
Scanning difficulty doesn't show up at all... you did a GREAT job! And the content is great too, of course! Thanks.
Jamie

[dh-photo]

When I'm visiting Japan, I try to bring a couple rolls of Natura with me back to Denmark. Fuji Natura and Fuji Superia 1600 should technically be the same film, but I've yet to get satisfactory results from Superia.

Here's one shot on Natura. Love this film!

Best,
David

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4097170685_bac5d7d262_z.jpg?zz=1

[ferider]

Roland,
Scanning difficulty doesn't show up at all... you did a GREAT job! And the content is great too, of course! Thanks.
Jamie

Thanks, Jamie :) Overexposing by half to full stop makes scaning easier, I have to admit.

Roland.

[hookonclassic]

What a lovely color film at low light...post for comparison...

Fuji Natura 1600 (Japan)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4321533271_0490236f97_o.jpg

Fuji Superia 1600
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4321676499_8ee77f76a0_o.jpg

[bobby_novatron]

Hookonclassic -- those are great shots! Amazing stuff. What camera / lens?

[dmr]

Ouch! Omg!

[kshapero]

I accidentally shot Superia 1600 at 400 (whole roll) and it came out pretty nice. Anyone tried it a such "slow" speeds?