Fujifilm Fujicolor 200 Color Negative Film ISO 200, 35mm Size, 36 Exposure, CA-36

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There are sharper color films than Fujicolor 200. But this film is plenty capable of getting good detail. Minolta XG 1, 45mm f/2 Minolta MD Rokkor X Konica Autoreflex T3, 50mm f/1.7 Hexanon AR Olympus Trip 35 Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 However, we’re all special in our own way, and I think a case could be made for C200 actually being special too. You just have to look on the bright side of its averageness. Having liked the film myself, that’s exactly what I’m going to do in this review.

Fujicolor C200 is the kind of film that’s available almost everywhere film is sold. If you have a place local to you that sells a large variety of film off the shelf, they probably should have this. Or if not, at least the C-less Fujicolor 200 version. Even if something did somehow go wrong and you lost your shots, dispiriting as that would be, at least you haven’t also wasted an expensive Ektachrome E100 or rare discontinued Fujicolor Natura 1600, for example. The other claim was "image quality and clarity you expect from ISO100 films". I'm not so sure about this one. It definitely has a decent amount of grain. Kodak Gold had the same "issue" ( in quotes because grain is not always bad ). C200 has less grain than Gold but it's there. Not sure what ISO100 film has more grain than C200 but I don't imagine there are many of those. It’s a trend I did my bit to keep going, with these JCH Pan 400 street shots and these CineStill 800T neon signs.It’s not like a JCH Street Pan 400, or a CineStill 800T, or a Kodak Ektachrome E100; all of which genuinely are special in their own ways, and are often used to shoot their own specialised kind of photography. Street, neon signs, and colourful inanimate objects respectively. Ignoring the cast that's more prevalent in highlights - it's a good example of the color rendering. Natural but plenty punchy. Final Words Some of the things that make Fujicolor C200 an average film are the very same things that make it a good choice for your street photography. Of course that means it’s not as versatile as the Industrial 400, but that doesn’t matter too much for me. If I know I’m shooting an ISO 200 film, I won’t go out and do it in bad light anyway.

Vivid skin tone reproduction with the world's highest color saturation equal to that of the current Velvia. Superb color tone depiction for rich color reproduction. It has a very wide exposure latitude so that even the simplest old camera will return usable images. I’ve shot it successfully at EI 100, 200, and 400 with no loss of quality that I could discern. I’ve seen others shoot it at EI 800 and get acceptable results. It also has a well-saturated color palette, leading to bright and bold colors. This seems to be the biggest criticism of this film. Fortunately, shooting it at EI 100 tones the saturation down a little. But after having shot miles of this film, to me, this is what color film is supposed to look like. Depending on where you live and buy your film, you may or may not recognise Fujicolor C200’s box design. But if you’ve ever shot the C-less Fujicolor 200, you’ll probably recognise the canister. That’s because they’re the same. Same canister, same film. I didn't recommend landscape photography for Kodak Gold 200. C200 can handle them better. It won't beat slide film or more professional grade film but together with a good lens - detailed shots are possible.

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Fujicolor 200 often renders white skin tones a little ruddier than real life, but not so much as to be unrealistic. I’ve never shot a person of color with this film, so unfortunately I can’t comment on how it handles nonwhite skin tones. Pentax ME, 35mm f/2.8 SMC Pentax-A Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 Rollei 35B Nikon N60, 28-80 mm f/3.3-5.6 AF Nikkor Konica C35 Automatic I’d suggest for a pro film, things like, fine grain, high micro-contrast and good subjective sharpness, with good colour consistency under a range of conditions – and of course the higher price. In reality most cheaper consumer grade films I find get to 80% of the performance of ‘professional grade’ films. It’s only when being super-critical or shooting in sub-optimal lighting conditions do the differences emerge. The images shown here really, really don’t do C200 much justice – they all look quite muddy and appear under-exposed to me. For instance, with advice from a pro photo lab, I would never even consider pushing any colour film, much less C200! But enough with the history, how does the film perform? For such a cheap film, it shoots really well. In that sense, I guess it’s little different to Kodak’s Gold 200 or Colorplus 200 or Ultramax 400, or any of the Ilford consumer grade monochrome films either. Finally, that aforementioned wide exposure latitude is a good safety net should the light really be too bright or dim, and the film has good enough dynamic range to render light and dark areas well in the same shot, as you can see with the fish market and pigs shots below.

This one was a very interesting experience. In the real world those lights are not green at all and with only altering the global white balance settings this is not something that you can get rid off: Leica M6 | Zeiss 16mm 8.0 Hologon | Fuji 200 C200 is an ISO200 film. In that sense it's a Fuji equal of Kodak Gold 200 which is also a film meant for the consumer market with ISO200. The real alternative to Gold 200 was actually the Fujifilm Superia 200 but it was killed in 2017. C200 remains as the older tech version of Superia 200. Older because the Superia line of films have a 4th layer of the film. 4th layer that is said to help with color rendition. C200 does not have that.When I reviewed Fuji’s Industrial 100 film, I mentioned how its greens and reds were the colours that popped the most. C200 is similar with the greens, although the reds – while still strong – come out a little darker and less gaudy than with the Industrial. Professional, high-image quality, daylight-type color reversal film with superb granularity, and world-class levels of image color saturation and vibrancy.Precise modulation, vivid color reproduction and excellent image quality make this the outstanding film for nature, fashion, products, interiors, and artwork photography.Exceptional performance, ISO speed rating of 50, excellent results in push-/pull processing for a wide range of exposures - from -1/2 to +1 stop, enabling a wider array of photo opportunities.