Tried out some Superia Reala 100...

[fishtek]

Shot a roll of Fujicolor Superia Reala 100 while wandering around my town the other day.....

Bright sunlight, lotsa contrast, maybe not the best time to shoot such a highly-saturated and contrasty film, but I wanted to see what it offered. Packed it in my Auto S2, and stuck on a hood I recently found. It's a bit too long, had some vignetting. Maybe I'll try the hood without the UV filter I screwed it into.

Anyhow, after having the film processed at my local drugstore, I took it home and scanned it at 1200 dpi. Wow, it this stuff saturated! I used the metering in the camera straight-up, no manipulation. Still felt the need for a bit of toning down the colors when I post-processed the images. I cleaned up some dust out the skies and applied a bit of USM, de-saturated a bit.

I think it deserves colorful landscapes or showy flowers, or riotous colors of any sort, and it seems to also lend a bit of snap to drab stuff, too. Interesting film. I'm gonna convert some of the images to b/w, and see what happens.

slainte'!
Don

[furcafe]

Some nice shots. However, I've never thought of Reala, in either its original or Superia forms, as being a particularly saturated film.

Shot a roll of Fujicolor Superia Reala 100 while wandering around my town the other day.....

Bright sunlight, lotsa contrast, maybe not the best time to shoot such a highly-saturated and contrasty film, but I wanted to see what it offered. Packed it in my Auto S2, and stuck on a hood I recently found. It's a bit too long, had some vignetting. Maybe I'll try the hood without the UV filter I screwed it into.

Anyhow, after having the film processed at my local drugstore, I took it home and scanned it at 1200 dpi. Wow, it this stuff saturated! I used the metering in the camera straight-up, no manipulation. Still felt the need for a bit of toning down the colors when I post-processed the images. I cleaned up some dust out the skies and applied a bit of USM, de-saturated a bit.

I think it deserves colorful landscapes or showy flowers, or riotous colors of any sort, and it seems to also lend a bit of snap to drab stuff, too. Interesting film. I'm gonna convert some of the images to b/w, and see what happens.

slainte'!
Don

[bmicklea]

I always shoot Reala at 80 - I find it too saturated at 100 and too prone to dropping shadow detail. It's all about preference though as a friend swears I'm insane as he loves the Velvia-style saturation you can get out of it when rated at 100 in thick sunlight.

[venchka]

In my limited use, I think Reala is the best ASA 80-100 color negative film around. I have 10 rolls of 120 Reala in the fridge waiting for the right project with the Pentax 6x7. Great film!

[ferider]

In my limited use, I think Reala is the best ASA 80-100 color negative film around. Great film!

2nd that. My all time favorite color film. And easy to scan, too.

Roland.

[fishtek]

What dpi do you find is your best scanning setting?

[peter_n]

I have either 6 or 10 rolls of this stuff that I shot in Fiji a few months ago waiting to be looked at. Maybe I should try and get round to it this weekend...

[ferider]

I have a cheap scanner at home and scan at 2400 dpi. But I think with a
good scanner you can go much, much higher than that.

Roland.

[ClaremontPhoto]

It's the best film around.

And even better as it matures after the 'sell by' date.

I have expiry 2003 and it's looking good.

[ferider]

Some Reala landscapes (that I have shown before); all shot at 100 ASA:

http://ferider.smugmug.com/photos/223938004-L.jpg

http://ferider.smugmug.com/photos/126040146-M.jpg

http://ferider.smugmug.com/photos/195947744-L.jpg

Best,

Roland.

[iridium7777]

It's the best film around.



word.

http://web.mac.com/iridium7777/iWeb/hartfordphoto.com/dump_files/719706-R1-030-13A_015.jpg

[Tuolumne]

Roland,
Love that last one of Yosemite. Brings back many memories.

/T

[venchka]

I have a cheap scanner at home and scan at 2400 dpi. But I think with a
good scanner you can go much, much higher than that.

Roland.

I own the same scanner! :D Except mine wasn't cheap. :eek: I guess I should try some of my Reala negatives on my old scanner.

In the meantime, here is a very reduced copy of a professional scan around 3,900 DPI and a small crop from the original. A good lens helped bring out the best in Reala. A good photographer would have brought out the best in both.

[ferider]

Thanks T. You are too modest, Wayne, and you know it !

With a high contrast, high resolution lens like the 28/3.5 Color Skopar
(used in the third shot above)
one can easily generate landscapes 20" long with 35mm Reala. One of
the reasons I use rangefinders.

Roland.

[btgc]

I find Superia Reala much better than plain Superia, not too saturated and not muted too, though.
On my flickr stream I have some shots on this film - http://flickr.com/photos/17767363@N00/tags/reala135/

[shadowfox]

Hmmm ... I don't quite like this film, when I scan it, the colors seems to always be washed out for me.

Maybe I got a bad batch.

[fishtek]

Guess I'm gonna have to try scanning some of the negatives again at a higher dpi. My highest was 1200, and my Canon 4200f will go up to 3200, I think. Thanks! Oh, Ferider...them's terrific pictures!

Don

[JonR]

After having tested most every type of film that exist/existed I nowadays use only one colour film and that is Reala. I think the colours are great and you get a much softer tone than with most other films. I just like the outcome!
Jon

[Joe Vitessa]

Yeah, I find it too saturated for my tastes at 100 ASA. I'll try it at 80 sometime. I remember reading on this forum that the 120 size Reala isn't as saturated and I have found this to be true. I like the medium format size even more than the 35mm size. A nice film in either case.

Joe

[fishtek]

Just scanned the "flatiron" shot at 3200 dpi... Won't do THAT again.

[photophorous]

Reala is a very nice film. If you like it, you should try Kodak UC100. I haven't done a direct comparison, but both are nice, and they are similar except the Kodak film seems to have a little warmer color.

Paul