Color Film reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 170 Reddit reviews across 6 subreddits and 25 posts to rank the best Color Film brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/AnalogCommunity, r/filmphotography, r/analog, r/pentax, r/Darkroom. Top-rated brands include Kodak (4.3/5), Fujifilm (4.3/5), Cinestill (4.0/5).
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Reviews170
Subreddits6
Posts25
Brands19
Products69
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#1
Kodak
4.3
(90)
"Try the Kodak Portra 400 or Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 for your Praktika B200."
"Color slide film. Samples: - E100 - https://www.lomography.com/films/871911977-kodak-ektachrome-e100/photos"
"Even Portra 400 is amazing at 1600."
"Portra 800 ftw"
"I’ve gotten excellent results from portra 400 pushed to 1600."
"I’d definitely say portra 400/800."
"Portra 800 actually has curves for pushing up to 3200."
"I used to use portra 400 4x5 to do all my long exposures and it worked wonderfully."
"Almost all of my professional stuff is typically done on Ektar 100."
"Go for santacolor 100 (Aerocolor) or Portra."
#2
Fujifilm
4.3
(32)
"Try the Kodak Portra 400 or Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 for your Praktika B200."
"Color slide film. Samples: - Provia - https://www.lomography.com/films/871910937-fuji-provia/photo"
"Color slide film. Samples: - Velvia - https://www.lomography.com/films/871910942-fuji-velvia/photos"
"Provia is very good if you want to shoot slide. Doesn't need corrections until exposures are longer than a minute."
"Fuji Superia Premium 400 pushes to 800 beautifully. It even looks good underexposed by a stop and developed normally."
"Velvia 50 is an excellent choice for vibrant colors, especially if you have access to E6 processing."
"Velvia 50 will produce the most stunning colors if metered well."
"Velvia 50 is really your best choice for autumn colors."
"Fuji Superia 400 is beautiful."
"I really like the results."
#3
Cinestill
4.0
(18)
"If you like that halation glow on the neon lights."
"I got some great shots with them."
"I got some great shots with them."
"I metered it for 200 - 1000 on the same roll with standard development and the results have been great."
"For the 800T, rate at 500 iso for pushing."
"Cinestill is designed to be pushed, and the canister has check off spots for +1 and +2."
"A good all purpose film that I like though is Cinestill 400D."
"Cinestill pushes well and is a good option."
"I picked up some CineStill 800T and some Porta 800."
"Cinestill 800T is color corrected for tungsten light but gives big, uncontrolled blooms around bright lights."
#4
Lomo
4.4
(9)
"Lomo 800 is cheap and looks good. No need to push, I was just above 60 North and was using Lomo 800 just fine on overcast days."
"Lomo 800 is the most affordable iso 800 color film in 120 format."
"Lomo 800 is great for 120 format, but be careful with light leaks."
"Lomo 800 is the best of the currently available 800 speed films, I think."
"I always enjoy pushing lomo 800 and cinestill 800T."
"Others have suggested Lomo 800 and Portra 800."
"I’ve pushed Lomo 800 to 1600 with great results, and to 3200 with perfectly acceptable (but quite grainy) results."
"Lomo 800 can look good at 1600."
"I had similar results with Lomo 400 and a flash from the 80's (Olympus XA A16)"
#5
Lomography
4.7
(3)
"I've had great results with Lomography colour 800 pushed one stop, took some pretty decent photos inside at a wedding at night last month."
"I’ve shot lomo 800 at night and it does really well. I honestly like lomo 800 way more than portra 800."
"Lomo 800."
#6
Ektar
5.0
(2)
"I love it!"
"More latitude than slide film but still gorgeous saturation. Fantastic in my Yashicamat 124."
#7
Portra
4.5
(2)
"It looks fantastic and has a lot of latitude."
"Portra is also known to push well."
#8
Unicolor
4.5
(2)
"Get the Unicolor 2L kit from Freestyle, it is one of the best deals out there for small quantities."
"The Unicolor C-41 kit provides good results and is reliable for color developing."
#9
Ektachrome
4.0
(2)
"In It's place Ektachrome is good for car shoots too."
"A color positive film like Ektachrome looks pretty good at night, but only if your metering game is on point."
#10
Polaroid Originals
5.0
(1)
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#11
Ultramax
5.0
(1)
"Ultramax 400 pushes surprisingly well. I’ve pushed a few rolls to 1600 and they came out great."
#12
Superia
5.0
(1)
"I push Superia 400 to 1600 a lot. It looks great imo. Give it a shot, assuming you can find any."
#13
Digibase
4.0
(1)
"The instructions are clear and helpful for getting the film to the right temperature."
#14
Color
4.0
(1)
"I get this effect from Color 600 as well. I think it has to do with film ageing in the camera."
#15
Tripod
4.0
(1)
"Any ol' thing + a tripod and cable release if you want a more natural picture."
#16
Lago Vista Film Lab
4.0
(1)
"Personally, I like Lago Vista Film Lab. He does good work and is less expensive for comparable quality."
#17
Ilford
4.0
(1)
"I've had good experiences with ilford delta 3200, but that's black and white."
#18
E6
4.0
(1)
"If you can get it developed, do some e6!"
#19
Fuji
4.0
(1)
"What's wrong with fuji superia 1600?"
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