Film Reviews

What gives? I rate this a 5 because Ilford is excellent film, but I am a little gun-shy about buying it here because the product title and the image don't correspond.

This is the perfect film for black and white photography. This film is very flexible in that it can be used for both general purpose photography as well as action photography. It captures the perfect balance of light, shadows, and contrast. This film is high in quality and thus produces quality negatives and photographs.

It absolutely amazes me that this film has not become what photo class teachers hand out to their wide-eyed little pupils. The depth, range, pure quality of this film is amazing. It is not a subtle difference that no one but photo fiends can see in full size print either.

People who have never even printed a picture in their lives can look at just a negative produced from this film and one produced from, say, Kodak T-Max 400 and tell you which one is more, well, expressive. I actually had a friend of mine, who was looking at one of my negative notebooks, flip past the Ilford addiction and into the old material and look at me and say (about the negatives taken with Kodak and other films) "these are all messed up." They weren't "messed up." They were just, well, blah.

This is the film of professionals, at a price less than films that a professional wouldn't take pictures of his or her cat with.

Don't take my word for it - get just one roll and try it out. You will be addicted.

I recently used 5 rolls of Portra 160NC while on a vacation, deciding to use the advice of a professional photographer friend, and I was simply blown away! This film makes all the difference with the precision and accuracy of the development of colors! Naturally the way-low ASA is not suitable for indoors and night, however, this film, if used right and with a steady hand, proved to be out of this world with the time lapse shots and indoor shots on the trip. If you are shooting anything of importance, the film makes ALL the difference!

Probably the best film I have used in years. I tried the Fuigi Reala film in addition to this in a side by side shoot of street art, but the quality that came out from this film was much better. (I took both rolls to the same lab to be processed at the same time). Works great when rich color is needed or essential to the project.

If you're purchasing 100 speed film simply because It's cheaper, think again. Try something more versitale like 200 or 400. Your pictures will be better for it.

And this film is supurb. I'm so glad that I use advantix film. Besides the three picture size advantage, the drop in loading, clarity of the picture, and index prints really puts advantix a step above 35mm. This is fabulous!

APS came onto the scene right before Digital Photography became affordable for the general populace. This is unfortunate because the APS system is actually quite nice and convenient.

It is a shame that this system wasn't introduced about a decade ago ... however ... if you need film, or if digital cameras are still a bit too pricey ... then I would recommend getting an APS camera ... and if you do ... use this film

I just used a roll of this stuff in Zacatecas, Mexico, and it fried my brain. Seriously, the pictures I took were magazine quality stuff. All of the objects in the photographs were sharp and clearly focused -- there was no problem at all with objects in the background being blurred. Dark areas and light areas were perfectly balanced. People standing in doorways, in side corners of streets, or in shafts of light inside churches turned out GREAT! They were some extremely dramatic photos. I'll definitely use this film again.

Black and white is ideal for poorly-lit areas, as well as for places bathed in light. For example, color photographs of the interior of churches usually turn out poorly, since flash is often forbidden inside churches. With black and white film, though, you can turn off the flash and STILL get dramatic pictures, as long as you have some natural light somewhere inside the church. Areas that don't get a lot of light will merely accentuate the drama of the brighter areas instead of looking muddled like they do in color pictures. It's also a great film to take to stark, desert places.

Kodak Elite Chrome 100 is one of the finest slide films currently available. With regards to sharpness and contrast, it is surpassed only by Kodachrome 64 and Fujichrome Velvia and Provia 100 films; it is certainly as saturated as these, if not more. It uses the same technology which Kodak introduced for its new Ektachrome 100 VS saturated professional slide film; as an amateur version of Ektachrome 100 VS, it should be less susceptible to rapid changes in temperature than the professional version. From my own experience I have found that this film produces bright, bold colors. If you're interested in subdued colors, then this film won't be your primary choice.