Vintage Film

chris_arnet · Mar 2, 2008

What film would get the look acheived here? Im leaving to Mexico for 2 weeks in two weeks, and id like to have a film like this on hand.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=461387

thanks in advance

-Chris

nealjpage · Mar 2, 2008

Fuji Provia 400 slide looks sorta like that.

chris_arnet · Mar 2, 2008

35mm? alright, looking it up now. thanks.

chris_arnet · Mar 2, 2008

any other films?

Early · Mar 2, 2008

chris_arnet said:
What film would get the look acheived here? Im leaving to Mexico for 2 weeks in two weeks, and id like to have a film like this on hand.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=461387

thanks in advance

-Chris

Those pics sorta look like the film's been sitting around awhile between exposure and development. Are you sure you want that?

domromer · Mar 2, 2008

I'd say fuji astia chromes.

chris_arnet · Mar 2, 2008

Early said:
Those pics sorta look like the film's been sitting around awhile between exposure and development. Are you sure you want that?

im really diggin the vintage look.

what about Porta 400NC underexposed and then pushed? Thats what a photo friend recomended to me, but i wasnt so sure.

Hertz van Rental · Mar 3, 2008

Those images must have been scanned to be posted on the internet - so as you don't know if there has been any post-processing you can't tell what the film was.
Why not try asking the guy what he used and what he did to it.

nealjpage · Mar 3, 2008

I don't see the "vintage" look with those. When I think vintage, I think of really saturated colors, not muted tones. That's just me, though.

Helen B · Mar 3, 2008

It looks more like a digital effect than film.

Best,
Helen

McManniss · Mar 3, 2008

I'd say I'd have to agree with Early. Looks like it might be expired negative film maybe something like Kodak Vericolor or even as someone suggested Portra 400NC.

It's hard to tell how exactly they got that effect. See if you can ask the photographer how he made the image, otherwise its all just a guessing game.

Helen B · Mar 3, 2008

Chris,

Are you certain that they were taken on film? I think that they are 100% digital.

Best,
Helen

Early · Mar 3, 2008

chris_arnet said:
im really diggin the vintage look.

what about Porta 400NC underexposed and then pushed? Thats what a photo friend recomended to me, but i wasnt so sure.

I don't know. I've underexposed film before, and it never looked like that. Maybe overdevelopment or some other wet side trick. (or error. I'm thinking too high a ph for the developer). Do you have a darkroom?

What you can try is, in photoshop, de-saturate a photo, and then shift it to cyan or something.