We had a nice partly cloudy day, then an ice storm here in Oregon last week. What a nice time to shoot a roll of color negative film I have never shot before.
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I did shoot a roll of the NC 400, but when I posted that article, I did a bit of color correction in the final images. With this roll, I wanted to just show a very neutral processing so we could see what the color looks like.
This film has a pronounced grain, it’s pretty nice though. When the sun came out, the images were a bit warm, but the overcast days in the snow and ice, the images went very blue. I have to say, I really like the color palette. The film is not like any other film.
When I scanned my negs, I just sampled the base color and didn’t do any extra color correction. This gave me a good look at the film’s color.
These were shot using a Nikon F100 and AF-Nikkor Micro 100mm F2.8D.
How I process and scan my film:
I have my color film processed at my local lab. I scan my film using a Sony A7 II on a copy-stand. I use a Rodenstock 50mm APO enlarging lens using an M42 helical adapter attached using an M39-M42 adapter. The other end of the helical is attached to the Sony with an M42 – Sony adapter. I have the Valoi 35mm film holder on a Cinestill light source.
I convert my film using Darktable with their built-in film conversion module. There’s not a lot of automatic features, but adjustments are as granular as you like.