Canon EOS 3 - Fuji Superia x-tra 800 - expired

Okay I'm back on the Fuji game this time with 800 film (fast film ideal for lower light situations). A bit of a disclaimer first - before buying this film I didn't realised it was expired, so in all Fuji fairness I really need to try some non-expired film before making final judgements :p Perhaps the reason I don't like Fuji (weird contrasts, not so flattering colours) are because the films I've tried have been expired.

STATS
7 keeps 16 fails (wah wah wah)

Fail Reasons: I took most of the roll inside a bowling alley for J's birthday I was hoping it would react like the Lomo 800 film indoors and really make those colours pop and crazy. I found most of my shots were just boring. Now this could of been the lighting (it's a pretty loose experiment when you are doing your test shots in two different locations) but this roll back (possible my worst ever) gave me little reason to buy Fuji again. The two shots I did like (posted above) would of been impossible not to be exciting because of the colours but the film didn't enhance them - just delivered as is. I enjoy film for its ability to manipulate colours but if on the otherhand you are someone who wants to record more accurately a scene than perhaps Fuji is for you :)

Things to remember: Don't rely on this film to make the real world more exciting :P

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Canon 1000f - Fuji Superia 200 - Expired Film

Okay it's round two for the Fuji Superia 200 expired film, paired with the canon 1000F and this time my commentary isn't much better.

STATS

13 keeps 12 fails (24 exposure roll, one freebie!)

Fail Reasons: I found the blacks too contrasty - if that makes any sense. A lot of my images were underexposed and then some were overexposed - to be fair though that's really my fault not the film!

Things to remember: Not to buy this film again :p I'd still like to try some expired film with some crazy colour casts but I guess that's one the joys of film - you'll never know what you'll get until right at the end!  To me I could just see that the images were of lesser quality than other films I've tried.  I love that everyone's tastes are different though and that the low quality that fuji superior has might in fact be it's selling point to others :)

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Canon EOS 3 - Fuji Superia 200 - Expired Film

I mentioned when I was in Singapore I visited the lomography store and picked up some expired film. I was really excited for this film, I'd read about expired film giving cool colours and unexpected results. Well I definitely got an unexpected result, unfortunately leaning more towards the boring side :P

I also decided then and there (after receiving my roll back) I could see a big difference in the quality of Kodak and even in Lomography films when compared to Fuji. Now that might be a complete and unreasonable call as I've only tried this expired Fuji film.  I've since bought some 800 Fuji film so I should probably reserve judgement until I've tested a few more rolls of non expired film :p

STATS

17 keeps 7 fails (rolls of 24 exposures)

Fail reasons: Focus issues, lens hood corner smudges.

Things to remember: To give the film credit, focus issues and lens hood smudges are really not its fault but I just found there weren't many stand out shots.  I used the roll up pretty quickly and in my mind was relying on crazy colour casts to save the day though perhaps I should of been more concerned with capturing awesome images!   I don't think I'd buy this film again, though I do want to give Fuji films more tries before ruling them out forever :P  I believe Superior is Fuji's consumer (read: cheapo film) but they also have Reala and Fujicolour Pro, lots of slide film (which I'm yet to try!) and some b&w film choices.

I think the main reason there was a lot keepers in this roll was that I had discovered the number one secret of colour film photography...to overexpose!  I personally like overexposed images so maybe this tip isn't valid for everyone's style but I definitely love my photos more since overexposing them :)

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