high defintion camera film

saw some of this in the store this morning. anyone ever used it?

where is that worthless piece of shit, photoguy, when you need him?

 

beat it

 

fuck the fucking fuck off..unless you know about this film

 

cameras have film?????????

 

He wants to look at pictures on his Hi Def TV?

 

What's film? Does anyone shoot film anymore?

Kodak is trying to stay alive with HD and Ultra Color film. It's basically high speed film with finer grain and more vibrant color. I used Ultra Color Professional "UC" film for a shoot just before going completely digital and it still had too much grain. HD film is a bunch of BS. Kodak is just getting on the High Definition band wagon and using it as a marketing gimmick.

Here are the specs on HD film:

• ISO 400, 35mm color negative film.
• Brings state-of-the-art KODAK ADVANTIX Film technology to 35 mm, for superior grain in the 400-speed class.
• High Definition 400 Film is the film of choice for very high quality photography in wide ranging situations, especially with telephoto lenses, limited light conditions, or for stop-action work.
• Designed for exposure by daylight and electronic flash.
• Pleasing results can be obtained using existing light. For best results, use recommended filters for photoflood or tungsten sources.
• Satisfactory negatives result from exposures 2 stops under to 3 stops over the correct exposure.
• Designed to be printed on a common channel with other KODAK GOLD and ROYAL GOLD Films.
• High sharpness, resolution, and fine grain allow a high degree of enlargement.
• Intended for use with KODAK EKTACOLOR Papers.
• Designed for processing in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals, Process C-41.
• Produces more consistent high-color results from overexposures.
• Emulsion has superior resistance to damaging scratches.
• Produces optimized skin tones in people pictures.

Basically, if you are not going to be making enlargements bigger than 8X10, don't waste your money. Just go to Walmart and buy the 4-pack of 200 or 400 for $8 instead of one roll of HD for the same price.

Furthermore, Kodak's "Digital" film is a bunch of crap. It's for morons who don't know how to place a checkmark on the "photo CD" box on the order envelope. Using this film will automatically indicate to the photofinisher that you want a photo cd, which will give you email size digital images, not really suitable for printing from.

If you really need quality photo cds, go to Costco and they will make a high-res cd for $5. Even though it's high-res, the scan will still have a ton of film grain.

Digital cameras DO NOT HAVE GRAIN! The difference is AMAZING!

In less than 5 years, film will disappear. Buy a digital camera.

 

Up until a couple years ago, Dave used one of these.

 

I had these cameras. The instant camera was discontinued after Kodak got it's *ss kicked by Polaroid in court. The Challenger Disc camera was scrapped after the space shuttle exploded. The red 110 camera was my first camera when I was 9.

 

Good job Photoguy.