Ages ago I bought quite a bit of expired film from MrCad which comprised of mainly Kodak Portra VC in 160 and 400 in both 35mm and 120 format.
I have used the 400 speed quite a bit and had great results so I decided to give the 160 a go in my Yashicamat 124g as it was a particularly sunny day a few weeks back.
I metered with the Yashicamat as I forgot my light meter and I rated the film at 100.
The film was developed and scanned by Filmdev.
The images were lovely and warm with good contrast … very similar to my previous blog post when I tried the new kodak Gold 200 but a bit sharper and almost no grain to speak of.
I have another 14 rolls of this so I am really happy that even though expired it works great.
Well here is the whole roll … comments most welcome
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When I heard that Kodak were producing Gold in 120 format I was pretty excited .. not because it was Gold as I haven’t really shot too much of it in the past and to be totally honest I had to look on the internet for samples just to see what it was really like .. I was excited because I shoot film 95% of the time I was happy that there was another film stock on the market.
I pre ordered a 5 pack from the brilliant https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/ and eagerly waited for it to arrive which wasn’t all that long to be fair.
As it was a 200 iso film I didn’t want to rush out and just shoot the film I wanted to try it in nice light so it was a fortnight before I eventually shot it.
I used my trusty Yashicamat 124G and went out on a nice long walk in the sun.
I had the roll dev/scanned by https://filmdev.co.uk/ and was very happy with the results.
The film was lovely and sharp and considering how bright it was on the day the latitude was great with no blown highlights and plenty of detail in the shadows and very little grain.
Like many of the examples online that I have seen the film gives a nice warm look which obviously helps if you shoot it in the sunshine.
My usual colour negative film is Lomo CN400 which I love but Gold 200 really impressed me, the only thing that I would like is is the extra stop that CN 400 gives but for my next roll I will push it to 400 just to see how it performs.
I would thoroughly recommend this film and the best thing is the price compared to others on the market … it’s great value
Anyway here is the whole roll …. comments welcomed
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Back in 2016 or 2017 when you could buy Agfa Vista 200 for £1 in Poundland here in the UK I bought 4 packs of 10×36 exposures and 6 packs of 10×24 exposures which have been stored in my film fridge since the day I bought them.
I also bought probably 15-20 single rolls while it was still available which I have gradually used up.
The other week I wanted to give my Nikon F80 a run out ready for our week away in Tenby thinking it would be easier with the 50mm f1.8 rather than using my trusty F100.
I was looking in my kitchen fridge for a roll of film to just test the camera but didn’t have any Vista in there so I opened a pack of my 36 exposure stash which had not been touched since storing away in the fridge 4 years plus ago.
I didn’t doubt that the film would be ok as it was brand new when I bought it but as it was cheap consumer film and it was on a shop shelf when I got it I wasn’t 100% what I was going to get.
It was an overcast day but the light was pretty good but I aired on the side of caution and set the camera meter to iso 100 and shot the roll pretty quickly.
The F80 is a really nice camera to shoot .. pretty light compared to the F100 with the 50mm f1.4.
I decided to get the film developed by Filmdev so I could rule out user error with the developing but didn’t manage to send it off before we went to Tenby so I ended up taking the F100 just incase the F80 had any problems and sent the roll off with my Holiday rolls.
I needn’t have worried as the F80 and the Vista worked great, the images were sharp and well exposed with the greens really popping.
I am so pleased that I have 100 rolls stored away that I can slowly shoot knowing they are fine.
So here is a selection
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