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Children and Light
Lens: D-FA 50mm f/2.8 & Yashica Yashinon DS-M f/1.7 Camera: Pentax K-30 & Yashica Electro TL X Photo Location: Minden, NV 
Posted By: 6BQ5, 11-22-2014, 09:56 PM

I wanted to share two shots of kids. The shots were taken on Kodak Gold 200 with a Yashica Electro TL X and a Yashica Yashinon DS-M 50mm f/1.7 lens. I scanned the negatives with my K-30 and a D-FA 50mm f/2.8 lens. So there's still some Pentax mixed in here. The image was processed in Apple Aperture.

Kodak Gold 200 is considered one of the "cheap" films and I avoided it. The only reason I bought it was to test film bodies. Why tear through pricier Fujichrome when I can risk Gold for less, right? Now I feel bad that I avoided it myself in the past. The grain is consistent and I think the emulsion is capable of resolving good detail. Gold has a certain flavor to it. A glowing warmth, maybe? It feels like it sits in between Portra and Ektar. I'm thinking of making it one of my go-to films.

Anyways, the shots ...


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11-23-2014, 03:43 PM   #2
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For the price, Gold is a great film. I prefer the perfect skin tones of Portra and Provia, but at half the price? The Gold is not bad.

I really like that first shot. Good light.
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Thanks for the reply! My experience with Gold 200 has been very positive but the 400 speed stuff comes out too saturated for some reason. Too bad Kodak nixed the 100 speed film (not counting Ektar).
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Yeah... I think 400 is junky. It looks pretty bad. The 200 I've shot, even 15 year old expired stuff, looks pretty good.

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