Is The New FujiFilm 400 Better Than Superia 400?
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In this video, I talk about my time shooting with FujiFilm Superia 400 as well as their new film stock, FujiFilm 400, which I’ve heard is a rebranded film from Kodak. Join me as I talk about the film while also displaying countless images I’ve taken with the film stocks.
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I'm just sad we're losing the beautiful greens that came with Superia. Had I known it was killed off I wouldn't have loaded my second to last roll.
It’s always a sad day when we loose another film stock.
Superia 400 was classic Fuji, cool blues, greens pop and so do reds. White balance was clear on this, whites came out white. Kodak always produced films with a yellow (warm) base and that blends in to all the colours, creating a warm tone. It depends which look you want.
I agree, I’ve always leaned more on the warmer tones that Kodak offers
I was watching this because I developed my first roll of Fuji 400 today and then I started recognizing some of your locations.. then bam! The climbing gym :D Greetings from an OKC based climber and film photographer. Thanks for the video!
Hey! Thank you for watching! It’s always cool to meet another climber and film photographer! Cheers!
OKC bros unite
I took a roll of fuji 400 and cinestill 800t to a foo fighers concert (front of the pit) last year in a small town called big sky in south Montana. Keep in mind I shot this on a canon AE-1 with a 50mm f1.2 prime lens but I pushed it to 1600 iso (and maybe even 3200 iso as I was new to film at the time). The fuji 400 blew me away at how resiliant it was and I didnt even understand how it worked at all but the fuji roll took a lot of the best photos I had shot on that night. The place where 800t shined was shots with red in them. Incredible film for the orice its going for in my opinion
That's sick! I bet that was a really fun concert! Fuji 400 is a great film stock.
Where I live in NJ, the only Fuji ISO 400 film is the newer version. The same applies to the current Fuji 200. And the Walmarts around here don't seem to carry any film at all anymore.
Hey Im also out of NJ! where are you finding the C200 I havent found any?
When I started shooting film everyone online was telling me to use gold or ultramax as my starting film but where I live my Walmart never had gold in stock and didn’t carry ultramax. As a result I grabbed superia and absolutely loved it. The way it handles shadows and colors when overexposed a bit is so wonderful. Whenever I would see 3packs available during my Walmart grocery runs I’d grab a box for my freezer because I couldn’t afford any of the professional film stocks at the time. I’m glad now in hindsight that I did because now that it’s gone I still have rolls of it to shoot through.
I’m hoping they bring it back one day because having other film stocks allows people to have subtle changes in the flavour of their image.
I do hope that Fujifilm sticks with producing film. Having options, especially with color film, is good for the entire industry.
Fuji finally released a data sheet for the new Fujifilm 400 and it’s definitely not the same as Ultramax today. It’s definitely made by Kodak though and has similar red sensitivity to Kodak.
Of course look is subjective and so so dependent on how it’s scanned and I’m testing the both next to each other right now. So I can’t say anything certain for sure right now but I’ve shot a lot of Superia 400 and it’s one of the best films out there if scanned correctly. When scanned on a Fuji scanner the film is very clean and underexposed better than any other film other than Portra 800. It also performed better than any other native C41 film in tungsten light. But it’s definitely harder to scan yourself. I recommend using the Frontier model, with Lab contrast, and 50% Crystal LUT in NLP.
Hey man! I really appreciate your comment! I’ve gone back and re-edited a few Superia 400 images, and using the conversion tips you gave and the images so much better! The colors a much better.
Where did you find this data sheet?
@@band_nerd Fujifilm’s US website.
Going to give your settings a whirl tonight. My first two rolls(which were superia) I ever shot I used a local lab as well as tried scanning myself using a flatbed. I’d love to see how those photos look with the alternative settings you provided. Going to dslr scan them and put them through your settings
@@sneakingelephant Don’t forget that color balancing is necessary with any color negative film. You can use one of the auto color modes and then I recommend experimenting with the CMY/RGB sliders in NLP.
What amazes me is Fuji. The Japanese culture knows that the film market is growing and they had the means to keep it going and be what Ilford is to back and white as they are to color film.
Yeah I agree, I wish they'd continue supporting the film world. They have some absolutely amazing film stocks.
Watching this as I’m at wal mart. I bought it. This is my first time buying film so far and planning to experiment others :)
Nice!! It’s a great film stock!
I didn't realize walmart sold it for so cheap, just bought a couple boxes. Thanks dude!
No problem! I hope you enjoy the film!
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Thank you man!
Fujicolor 200 took a lot longer to be replaced with Fujigold.
Superia just vanished overnight for me. I miss it terribly, it was my go to film.
Yes it was a great film stock
Man, holding up those negatives in our faces is so lame. I feel that the original boxes would have done more justice. Anyway, nice video, thank you!
Thank you!
If I wanted yellow and red toned film, I would buy Kodak. It’s a damn shame the distinctive Fuji green stocks are all dead and buried now.
I fully agree with you. While I've always preferred Kodak film stocks, it is unfortunate that there are less options for film photographers.
Weird, I don’t see any news on FujiFilm Canada of Superia being discontinued. They still show Superia X-tra 400 and 200 listed and no mention of a FujiFilm 400. Superia is in stores everywhere around here. I have not seen this FujiFilm 400 yet. I hope they haven’t discontinued it Superia X-tra 400 is one of my favourites and cheap.
Where are you located, I haven't been able to find any superia in the GTA for about a year now.
Thanks for your video. I'm pretty new to film and this is helpful... In other news, my name is also Michael Bennett, but Bennett is my middle name. Cool!
Hey nice!
I loaded this on my konica A4 and got the scans a while ago. Idk but all of my shots without flash taken outdoors with sunny weather and taken indoors w/o flash were dim af. It was so dark and grainy so I can’t post process it to save the shots. The ones taken with flash were fine. I thought it was an isolated case and maybe I was the problem or my cam but someone from my photography group had the same experience. Using p&s, flashed photos were ok, photos w/o flash were all dark. Idk what’s the problem with the films distributed to our country. This was the first time I encountered this problem.
The new Fujifilm 400 is definitely not UltraMax in color rendition, though it has similar red sensitivity to Kodak. To my eye, it looks less warm toned, than Gold or UltraMax is.
Wouldn't it be nice if they made it in 120. I noticed the forest shots that 35mm film just can't handle all of the fine details.. something I been noticing in my shots as well.. I usually do digital woodland photography and tried it with 35mm film and just can't get it to look good. Going to drag out my RB67 and try it.
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Thank you! I would love if they produced this film in 120.
Thought that I heard that Fuji has replenished the Superia 400 production and it is now shipping again outside of Japan....
From what I heard, the film wasn’t discontinued, they just stopped production. But if they started it up again that would be exciting news!
@@michaelbennettphoto-- I ordered a pack of three from WalMart (good price online) and the packaging (very new) says Made in Japan -- the C400 packages that I already had show Made in The US.... We'll see!!!!
Dude.... 8:22 thought the dog was dead.
Hahahaha that would be tragic
I just picked up two rolls of the new 400 juju made in the usa. I’m also shooting film for the first time in decades. Any advice on the settings for night photography, say around the campfire. I’m probably going to bring two cameras. One, a manual Bell and Howell 35 from the 60s, and the other an Olympus superzoom 2800 dxl that I found in my Grandmothers belongings. I was hoping to use one as a night camera and one a day using two different film stocks but it looks like I’ll just have this 400. So any advice on how to get best out of both light situations on this film would be appreciated.
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I would recommend putting the camera on the tripod and use a shutter release cable to get the most stable shot. I would also recommend to give the film a bit more light that you think it might need. Also, if you have an external light meter, that could help out a lot with getting proper exposures. Best of luck with the night time photos!
my mom has some old expired superia 400 (expired), and i bought a 3 pack of fuji 400 i'm interested to see the differences irl
Who said Superia is out of production? It isn’t shipped to the US. Still sold in Japan and to a degree in EU though.
I’ve read in multiple places that it was out of production. It hasn’t been sold in US stores for a while and on online websites, it’s either doesn’t show up when searched for or says “discontinued”. From what I’ve seen, it’s not that Superia will never be made again, but as of right now production has been halted.
@@michaelbennettphotoneither “discontinued” or hearsay indicate anything other than they stopped exporting. No announcement from Fuji is the clue. Of course they would announce it.
“With the welcome shift in market demand for color film driven by younger generations (GenZ/Millennials) discovering, and revitalizing film photography, Fujifilm is pleased to announce the updated release of “FUJIFILM 400” (ISO400 color negative film) in single roll and three packs. This replaces the existing ISO 400 color negative film.”
This is a statement from Fujifilm. Also, just because film is still being sold in other markets that doesn’t necessarily mean that that film stock is still currently being made. It could be leftover stock. And I’m not saying that Superia will not be produced ever again. From what I’ve read there’s just been a pause on production due to supply chain issues. The film stock just isn’t being sold here in the US, which is the only market that I’m familiar with so for all intents and purposes, it’s “out of production”.
I got scammed big time. I ordered Superia X-tra 400 online, 2 rolls for 40 euros. They even showed the box on the website. Instead i got the fujifilm 400😅😅 i contacted them and they claimed it's the same as superia. They don't even refund me.
Oh no I’m sorry that’s a lot to pay for the wrong film
I like superia better. It is more saturated and I like saturated film. Japan makes Fuji superia 100 but only available there. Some film stores are buying it from Japan and shipping it here. Reformed film lab carries it but it sold out already. $20 a roll.
I just watched a video about Superia 100 and the results look amazing.
japan has stocked up on superia 400 xtra and premium. i got 2 rolls of premium last august!
I definitely don't think Fujifilm is stopping production of Superia, just like how some of the new Fujicolor 200 is made in Japan again. Hopefully it becomes easier to get overseas-I did manage to get some Provia and Velvia when they restocked lately, which was nice.
Can you not correct cyan/red colour crossover? I can do it on Photoshop Elements with ease, on scanned neg images, and that's not even the full fat version of Photoshop. In my opinion, just about every scanned photo benefits from a little tickling up in the electronic paintbox.
It’s sad that we lost a good film, but at the same time we’re lucky to even get any consumer 400 film offering from Fuji. I’d try this film out
It’s a great film stock!
What is fujifilm 400? I can't find it anywhere in Europe. Not even on amazon
I live in the US so I’m not sure what the supply is like overseas. If you’re interested, I know that B&H Photo sells Fujifilm 400, but I’m not sure what their international shipping costs would be.
It's not available here, Fuji 200 (aka Kodak Kodacolor (which in retail would have been ColorPlus I suppose)) was just available for a brief period of a few weeks here in Germany this summer and I have never seen the "new" 400 anywhere.
I stopped shooting Superia ages ago after they dumped the 4th color layer.