Originally posted by Ian
Kodak 400 Max has to be the worst emulsion kodak have released in the last 30 years.
It's bad points:
Golfball grain
Even with perfect exposure it's awful, and god help you if you underexpose by any amount the grain grows from golfballs to soccer balls.
Excessive contrast
Shadow detail, what shadow detail?
Sharpness (Lack of)
Self explainatory .. it's about as sharp as a blunt knife.
The Good points.
HELP!! can anyone think of a single good thing about Max???? :devil:
Truely it's that bad, it's so bad I'd use 3M before Max.
Now to the more serious side of the post.
100 ISO for bright daylight shooting, Kodak if you want warmer oranges and yellows, Fuji if you want more vibrant greens and blues.
200 ISO - Never use it, it's neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned. 200 ISO doesn't have the rendition of 100 ISO nor the speed of 400 ISO and in the consumer level emulsions it's frankly not worth worrying about. (Different story with pro film however)
400 ISO - There is only one choice in consumer film, Fuji. Fuji Superia (Xtra) is a great emulsion, with wide exposure latitude, highly saturated colours and takes underexposure gracefull. Excellent with flash too.