I’m not going to say it gives you better images because that’s a subjective thing. But if the things this film does well are things you like to see in a photograph, you’re probably going to be very impressed with it indeed.

Velvia excels as a daylight landscape film, but not so much for portraits since it tends to oversaturate skin tones. October 8: Kodak introduces EKTACHROME 7294 Color Reversal Film in Super 8 format. 16mm format to follow. Longer exposure times are often needed when shooting around sunrise/sunset or in low light due to the slow speed of the film. Josh, this quote seems to imply that the tag “Professional” is a) its intended market, and b) the film is somehow better. Now, I don’t know about this modern film, but in the past “Professional” versions of films did not imply a superior film, per se, but one which had been aged by the manufacturer before release for sale, and it had to be stored in optimal conditions by the retailer, i.e. in a cooler. Once removed, the film should ideally be exposed and developed within days. There was, of course, no reason to strictly adhere to this advice, but then paying the premium for the Professional film was a moot point.In my first post I talked about how I made the mistake of thinking I needed to underexpose this film slightly. In the comments and elsewhere it was recommended that I try using an incident meter rather than a basic iPhone meter and guessing. Regardless of the method of metering I was going to use moving forward, I concluded that I should stop concerning myself with hearsay about how to best expose reversal film, and just concentrate on exposing it accurately. My favourite image from my first roll Easy exposure with familiar cameras When you shoot a negative film, being over or underexposed by a stop or two probably won’t matter. It’ll have enough exposure latitude to still give you a decent image. The only exception I’ve found to this was Adox Color Mission 200, for some reason. You’ve seen already the three best-exposed shots I got from this roll. The first one below is okay too, but then they’ll get progressively worse to show you how things can change when shooting slide film in just slightly different or sub-optimal light. I’ll confess that this perception is likely little more than the fact that you can look at a finished piece of reversal film and see the image in its finished form, whereas a color negative is a bit enigmatic. And in this age of hybrid processes resulting ultimately in a digital image, things like color palettes, color saturation, contrast, etc. can always be easily tweaked in Photoshop or Lightroom (not to mention outright faked), so this matters much less than it once did. But nevertheless, Ektachrome provides rich, perfectly saturated, authentic color reproduction that’s a joy to look at. In fact, it brings me joy simply to sleeve my medium format Ektachrome in PrintFile sheets, lay it on a light table, and admire the vibrant results. The main direct competitor to Ektachrome, Fuji’s Provia, is also quite nice, but I strongly believe Ektachrome provides superior color reproduction. These slideshows were made possible with slide film and by projecting light through the transparencies or slides onto a blank screen. A Note about Slide Film

When shot well, slide film like Ektachrome E100 should give results that colour negative films would struggle to replicate. Note by the daylight, overcast line it says 7000k and by the cloudy day line it shows that the colour temperature can be as high as 8300 Kelvin. With Kodak E100 being daylight (5600k) balanced, no wonder I was getting such a blue shift from the parts of the day that were cloudy… While no actual silver halide “grains” are left after processing a color film, image formation nevertheless begins with them, and Ektachrome is beautifully fine grained. Even in 135, as you’ll see in the examples below, the image sharpness and reproduction are incredible. Shah, Saqib (September 25, 2018). "Kodak's retro Ektachrome film arrives after a long wait". www.msn.com . Retrieved September 26, 2018. In Adobe Photoshop — or any image editing software that has Curves or Histogram tool — select an individual colour channel, i.e., red. Then, move the Input/Output thresholds on the graph to match the points where the histogram terminates (see: Figure 2). Repeat the process for blue and green channels. Your resulting image should now have improved clarity and a much better colour rendition. For more details, see this article .Kodak Alaris (December 10, 2019). "Kodak Alaris Announces Ektachrome E100 Availability in 120 and Sheet formats" (PDF) . Retrieved December 29, 2019. The fine grain of the E6 slide film is far superior to the detail captures than most colour negative films. Kodak Ektar 100 grain is finer than Kodak Portra and Fuji Pro 400H. Cinestill 50D (Kodak Vision3 50D) is also very fine grain but with it’s own colours. Personally I find 35mm Kodka Portra 400 often too grainy for my taste and I sometimes opt for the cheap Fujicolor C200 film that has less apparent grain. Film expsoure latitude While the consumer-grade Kodak colour negative films are hardy enough that they don’t need to be cold stored, the company does recommend on the datasheet that you keep your Ektachrome in the fridge until you come to shoot it.