Kodak Ektar is marketed as "the" extremely-fine-grain, very saturated color negative film for landscape and still photography. My own experience (as well as Internet notes) says it is not a good film for photographs of people where it tends to add a reddish color to their skin making them look drunk. I've seen some good looking portraits with EKTAR, but you really need to know what you're doing, more so than I do. From some research on wiki, Kodak first introduced the film in 1936 and took it off the market in the 1960s. The name Ektar is an acronym for Eastman Kodak TessAR. The film came back in 1989 to 1997 and then left again being replaced by the Royal Gold line. It came back again in 2008 as a professional film with "the finest grain", high saturation, and vivid colors.
When shooting film, I mostly use B&W. For color and trips to the southwest, I'll run through a few rolls of EKTAR. It comes in different sizes but all at ISO-100. Here's a few examples in the Petrified National Forest National Park, east of Holbrook, Arizona along I-40 / Route 66. All the images come from the combination of a EF 35 f/1.4L and an EOS 1v.
Kodak Ektar is marketed as "the" extremely-fine-grain, very saturated color negative film for landscape and still photography. My own experience (as well as Internet notes) says it is not a good film for photographs of people where it tends to add a reddish color to their skin making them look drunk. I've seen some good looking portraits with EKTAR, but you really need to know what you're doing, more so than I do. From some research on wiki, Kodak first introduced the film in 1936 and took it off the market in the 1960s. The name Ektar is an acronym for Eastman Kodak TessAR. The film came back in 1989 to 1997 and then left again being replaced by the Royal Gold line. It came back again in 2008 as a professional film with "the finest grain", high saturation, and vivid colors.
When shooting film, I mostly use B&W. For color and trips to the southwest, I'll run through a few rolls of EKTAR. It comes in different sizes but all at ISO-100. Here's a few examples in the Petrified National Forest National Park, east of Holbrook, Arizona along I-40 / Route 66. All the images come from the combination of a EF 35 f/1.4L and an EOS 1v.
Thanks rmm0605! As I remember it, the walk was a paved mile through a field strewn with petrified tree debris. Being somewhat early in the morning, I had the place to myself.
Nice images. Ektar is probably my favorite negative film. Love its grain. But you're right about doing people with it.
Thanks AzPicLady! I picked up some expired Portra Vivid Color (VC) that is comparable. But for fresh film and nature, I'm liking Ektar best for my tastes.