Gold is one stop slower than UltraMax but is known to perform well in cool light/overcast days (as long as you don’t under-expose it ). In 2007 Kodak released Ultramax 400 as the Gold 400 replacement which has been in production in 135 (35mm) format since that year.

To start, it’s cheaper by half than many professional films, and while it’s true that it’s more expensive than Fuji’s consumer-grade film, I think Ultramax creates better and more predictable images.The fidelity of those scans can’t be compared to my 40MP dedicated film scanner and the flexibility of a digital negative . For this article, I decided to compare the two when shooting both at 400 ISO (and Kodak Gold pushed one stop). While it seems to be ok with underexposure upto about 2-3 stops, it does get a quite muddy in the darks when underexposed to that level. This image is part of a batch I developed in partially-exhausted chemicals, which yielded thinner negatives.

I was considering a few rolls of ultramax for an upcoming vacation, and this article helped confirm that choice. Read on for a summary of the community thoughts, recommendations and results with Kodak Ultramax 35mm!However, I did notice that overexposed images have a slight yellow color cast on them, especially the skin tones.

You can read more about Kodak UltraMax here, and read a comparison of UltraMax and Fuji Superia here. He does not shoot film that much, and rather than have him discouraged, I know he will get photographs he will like. Since 1976, we have developed literally millions of rolls of film with experienced lab professionals and film enthusiasts. This means that it can cope with all of the most common lighting situations, and is known as a mid-speed film. I’ve also wished that Kodak would take Ultramax 400 and create an Ultramax 100 version with the same color rendition of the 400 but with finer grain that goes along with a 100 speed film.

Another advantage that ISO 400 has is that it allows you to use freeze your subject with crisp details intact. Another negative film Kodak Ektar was also reviewed with the Fuji GSW690iii in the Combinations series. Only those who really spent some time using UltraMax 400 know how versatile, consistent, and color accurate the experience with the film was. Kodak ColorPlus, Kodak Gold, Ultra, Ultramax, Ektar, Pro Image 100, Portra, 35mm and 120 medium format camera film.