Monday, February 1, 2016

Kodak Ektachrome 6121

There is something special about low contrast duplicating film. Its dynamic range is huge, but it means the picture must be postprocessed to look nice. Second problem is that it is tungsten film, which requires correction filter to shoot in daylight. CDUII - Fujifilm duplicating film - requires 85A filter. I've tried my first batch of 6121 with 85B filter, but I don't think it is a good match. Each frame required different color grading, so next time I will use the 85A filter. My test suggests that 6121 is ISO 50 film -- ISO 32 with filter factor included.
Below I show how direct scan looks like (with exposure matched to the finished picture below).

Hiking Dolomites II

My other 6121 pictures on Flickr.
My CDUII pictures on Flickr.